MR. BRUCE

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MR. BRUCE is a 1978 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2016, most recently in November 2025, along with 5 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 26 November 2025.

Built: 1978
Last inspected: 26 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 26 November 2025

Recorded inspections10

…physical examinations10

Deficiencies 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

594576

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WBV4842

49732

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-49732

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)38.0 ft × 14.0 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 20 / net 13

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBREAUX'S BAY-CRAFT, INC · LOREAUVILLE LA, UNITED STATES · built 1978

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portNEW ORLEANS, LA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 30 December 2025 · expires 31 January 2027

Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it20 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
13 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 10

26 November 2025 Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8229737

19 August 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7984544

21 March 2023 Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7647231

28 November 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7581644

2 December 2021 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7343989

29 December 2020 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7117511

27 February 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6907908

14 February 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6626023

1 March 2018 Annual Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6357887

2 December 2016 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6049912

Deficiency record · 5

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 19 September 2024 Resolved

Individual bilge suction lines must be led to a central control point or manifold and provided with a stop valve at the control point or manifold and a check valve at some accessible point in the bilge line. A stop-check valve located at a control point or manifold will meet the requirements for both a stop valve and a check valve. Bilge suction line located in the cabin bilge space is missing a check valve and control point is only equipped with a stop valve. Install check valve to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector withing 07 days of this date.

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 September 2024
Resolved 19 September 2024
Resolution: Installed check valve.

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 19 August 2024 Resolved

Annual inspection. Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within the 3 months before or after each anniversary date. Vessel missed annual inspection for 2023. 176.500(b)(1)

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 19 September 2024
Resolution: Completed COI Inspection

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 28 November 2022 Resolved

Except as otherwise allowed by this subpart, a vessel must comply with the structural design requirements of one of the standards listed below for the hull material of the vessel: Aluminum hull vessels A pinhole on deck above the lazarette space was discovered. Pinhole fixed on site.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 28 November 2022

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 28 November 2022 Resolved

At each initial and subsequent inspection for certification of a vessel, the owner or managing operator shall be prepared to conduct tests and have the vessel ready for inspections of machinery, fuel, and piping systems Reduction gear coolant filter was leaking an oily water mixture. Filter was replaced on site satisfactorily.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 28 November 2022

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 19 January 2021 Resolved

Start batteries for the MDEs were missing their battery box covers.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 19 February 2021
Resolved 20 January 2021
Resolution: Received pictures showing new battery boxes installed.

Ownership record

The Coast Guard's documentation record for this hull -- the Abstract of Title, with its owners and liens as filed -- is not in PSIX. Ask, and Maury buys it from the National Vessel Documentation Center, files it here with its date, and every reader of this page gets it.