FIRST LIGHT

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

FIRST LIGHT is a 1981 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 26 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2016.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 4 May 2026.

Built: 1981
Last inspected: 4 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 26
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2016

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 4 May 2026

Recorded inspections26

…physical examinations20

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

642332

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WDG6935

53310

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-53310

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)44.0 ft × 14.9 ft × 7.6 ft

Registered tonnagegross 36 / net 27

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderG & S BOATS INC · DESTIN, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1981

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portDESTIN, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery

DocumentationValid · issued 4 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it36 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
27 - 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 26

4 May 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC OLIVIA HOOKER (WPC 1161) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8369359

26 February 2026 Administrative Inspection · Vessel Attendance · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8317465

3 September 2025 Administrative Inspection · Special Consideration

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8226197

28 April 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Destin · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8128347

5 March 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8089006

3 February 2025 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8072771

21 February 2024 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7868440

27 November 2023 Special · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7830708

1 March 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7638217

14 February 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7637192

27 July 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7536621

7 March 2022 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7407821

16 September 2021 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7313621

3 March 2021 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7149407

18 February 2021 Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7142245

26 March 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7015139

3 October 2019 Administrative Inspection · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6826571

5 March 2019 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6638729

12 February 2019 Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6625010

23 October 2018 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6570728

1 March 2018 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6360387

5 July 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Destin · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6200514

21 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6104854

23 February 2017 Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6088999

7 September 2016 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6006140

12 May 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Panama City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5872733

Deficiency record · 2

Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Equipment

Issued 12 May 2016 Resolved

Provide valid alcohol test equipment

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 May 2016
Resolved 16 May 2016
Resolution: Vessel provided valid alcohol test equipment

Communications › Radio Communications › VHF Radiotelephone

Issued 12 May 2016 Resolved

Repair SSB. Vessel is restricted to 20nm

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 26 May 2016
Resolved 16 May 2016
Resolution: Vessel repaired SSB

Casualty record · 1

7 September 2016Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 6006140

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.