SOUTHERN BEAR CAT is a 1978 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1981, most recently in August 1988, along with 4 deficiencies.
Records from 1981 to 1988. Most recent: inspection, 22 August 1988.
The 10 inspections in the strip above, split by the kind of activity the US
Coast Guard recorded. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not
years in service. What Maury does not do.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 38 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. Coast Guard record current through 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it67 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 99 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Radio station licence
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
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. Reports.
Inspection history · 10
22 August 1988Administrative
Administrative · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1344622
4 March 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 979622
15 October 1984Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1283172
14 February 1984Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1279998
18 October 1983Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1278423
18 October 1983Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1280803
19 October 1982Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 968031
3 September 1982Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1277038
19 August 1982Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1271158
19 October 1981Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1273564
OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS: LIGHT LIST, TIDE TABLES, CURRENT TABLE, COAST PILOT, NOTICE TO MARINERS, RULES OF THE ROAD.
Condition: Unknown
Due 4 March 1985
Resolved 4 March 1985
Navigation
Issued 4 March 1985Resolved
OBTAIN OUT OF COMMAND LIGHTS WHICH ARE U/L APPROVED FOR MARINE APPLICATION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 4 March 1985
Resolved 4 March 1985
Documentation
Issued 4 March 1985Resolved
PROVIDE A VALID COPY OF VESSELS DOCUMENT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 4 March 1985
Resolved 4 March 1985
Navigation
Issued 4 March 1985Resolved
OBTAIN DAYS SHAPES. THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLETED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COGNIZANTOCMI WITHIN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 4 March 1985
Resolved 4 March 1985
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.
