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GATOR BAIT III
GATOR BAIT III is a 2002 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2016, most recently in February 2025, along with 9 deficiencies.
Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 20 February 2025.
- Built
- 2002
- Last inspected
- 20 February 2025
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 9 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
20 February 2025
Deficiencies
9 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
10 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
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it3 - Simplified, Gross Ton
2 - Simplified, Net Ton
2 - 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
20 February 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8064477
22 February 2024
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7857170
8 March 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637947
22 February 2022
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7392256
5 March 2021
Internal Structural Exam · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7139997
19 February 2020
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6894779
26 February 2019
COI Inspection · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6630279
20 February 2018
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6337185
21 February 2017
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6087709
23 February 2016
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5817342
Deficiency record · 9
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 20 February 2025
Resolved
When, in accordance with § 178.210 of this chapter, a vessel must be provided with a stability letter, the stability letter must be posted under glass or other suitable transparent material, such that all pages are visible, at the operating station of the vessel. If posting is impracticable, the stability letter must be kept on board in a weathertight container readily available for use by the crew and display to passengers and others on request. MI observed missing stability letter onboard, vessel will provide a copy. 46 CFR 176.306
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 20 February 2025
Resolved
An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. MI observed 01 life jacket with heavy wear, vessel rep replaced. 46 CFR 180.71
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 22 February 2022
Resolved
Portable watertight containers for distress flares and smoke signals shall be of a bright color, and containers shall be clearly marked in legible contrasting letters at least 12.7 millimeters (0.5 inches) high: “DISTRESS SIGNALS”. The MI observed the distress signals box need to be properly marked.
46 CFR 185.614
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 22 February 2022
Resolved
A vessel is inspected for compliance with the standards required by this subchapter. Machinery, equipment, materials, and arrangements not covered by standards in this subchapter may be inspected in accordance with standards acceptable to the cognizant OCMI as good marine practice. The MI observed the emergency fuel shut-off was not labeled.
46 CFR 176.800(a)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (life saving)
Issued 22 February 2022
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under approval series 160.041 or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. MI observed three (3) required items within the kit that were past thier expiration date and need to be replaced.
46 CFR 184.710
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (navigation)
Issued 22 February 2022
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ready availability of fire fighting equipment
Issued 5 March 2021
Resolved
A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump by §181.300 must have at least three 9.5 liter (2 1/2 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words “FIRE BUCKET” must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket.
Buckets were not properly labeled and were stored under the fuel tanks, not allowing for easy access during an emergency.
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 091 - Living Conditions › Medical Equipment
Issued 5 March 2021
Resolved
A vessel must carry either a first-aid kit approved under approval series 160.041 or a kit with equivalent contents and instructions. For equivalent kits, the contents must be stowed in a suitable, watertight container that is marked “First-Aid Kit”. A first-aid kit must be easily visible and readily available to the crew.
Contents of first aid kit were expired.
Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Markings (ship name/port)
Issued 23 February 2016
Resolved
Life ring bouy was not marked, corrected on the spot to the satisfaction of attending Marine Inspector.
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.