BUZZ KING is a 2001 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2017, most recently in February 2026, along with 1 deficiency.
Records from 2017 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 25 February 2026.
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.
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.
Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Simplified, Gross Ton 3 - Simplified, Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.
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
25 February 2026Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8314700
17 March 2025Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8080371
11 June 2024Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7917219
8 March 2023COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637782
10 March 2022Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7409621
11 March 2021COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7153714
8 September 2020Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7044850
28 May 2019Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6697019
25 June 2018Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6450821
19 June 2017Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6180840
The construction and arrangement of a vessel must allow the safe operation of the vessel IAW the terms of its COI giving consideration to provisions for a seaworthy hull... MI observed multiple bolts on lateral side shell transverse frames that had broken at the gunnel.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 27 March 2026
Resolved 6 March 2026
Resolution: Verified repairs
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.