LIGHTNING

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A)

LIGHTNING is a 2002 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2019, most recently in August 2025, along with 7 deficiencies.

Records from 2019 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 27 August 2025.

Built: 2002
Last inspected: 27 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 7 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 27 August 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations12

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2019–2025)

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

1140081

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WDN8680

614848

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-614848

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)34.8 ft × 14.0 ft × 6.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 15 / net 12

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderMAXWELD BOATS INC · HEBO, OR, UNITED STATES · built 2002

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionJet Drive

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationTwin Hull

Hailing portHOMER, AK

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 24 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 it15 - Simplified, Gross Ton
12 - Simplified, 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 · 14

27 August 2025 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8225303

21 January 2025 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 8071675

4 June 2024 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7928923

21 June 2022 Examination of Repairs · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Plan Review "T" Boat · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection · Construction Oversight

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7483524

3 June 2022 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7467580

26 August 2021 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7297220

19 May 2021 Simplified Stability Test

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7297148

12 May 2021 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7194874

8 March 2021 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7152262

29 July 2020 Damage Survey · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Seward · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7019552

15 May 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 7149103

16 January 2020 Examination of Repairs

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6898324

10 June 2019 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Southeast Alaska · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6713385

20 March 2019 Construction Oversight · Simplified Stability Test · Spot Check · Initial Certification · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Homer · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 6642818

Deficiency record · 7

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Evaluation, testing and approval

Issued 31 August 2021 Resolved

Conduct MOB and Fire drill with crew prior to taking passengers.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 3 June 2022
Resolution: COI deactivated

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 31 August 2021 Resolved

Conduct underway sea trials prior to taking passengers

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 3 June 2022
Resolution: COI deactivated

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Abandon ship drills

Issued 4 June 2019 Resolved

Complete required emergency drills with crew that will be operating vessel: - Abandon ship & man overboard - Fire fighting

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 June 2019

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)

Issued 4 June 2019 Resolved

Provide a FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 18 June 2019
Resolved 13 June 2019

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Muster list

Issued 4 June 2019 Resolved

Provide emergency instructions onboard vessel

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 14 June 2019

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for master and officers

Issued 4 June 2019 Resolved

Provide MMC of Master that will be operating vessel

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 June 2019

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for radio personnel

Issued 4 June 2019 Resolved

Provide a FCC Marine Radio Operator's permit for Master that will be operating vessel.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 June 2019

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.