HORNBLOWER ESPRIT

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

HORNBLOWER ESPRIT is a 2003 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2020, along with 7 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2006.

Records from 2006 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 7 October 2020.

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 7 October 2020
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2006
Also recorded as: 1 other name

Identity

1142545

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WDH8905

624212

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-624212

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events2

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2016–2020)

The 11 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 6 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 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it63 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
49 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
178 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
73 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.

One vessel history report for this hull — every record on this page in one dated, citable document — $300, on request.

Inspection history · 11

7 October 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7073270

1 April 2020 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7019500

6 November 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6850759

6 November 2018 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6575250

23 March 2018 Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6386086

20 November 2017 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Navigation Center · Activity 6310178

27 September 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6279252

26 September 2017 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6275571

20 September 2016 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6004564

19 August 2016 Attraction Vessel Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Coram · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5988749

23 July 2016 Damage Survey · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Sector New York · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5950303

Deficiency record · 7

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 6 November 2018 Resolved

Electrical equipment on a vessel must be maintained to protect passengers, crew, other persons, and the vessel from electrical hazards and electrical shock. The vessel is carrying a 1.5 amp ground. 46 CFR 183.200(b)

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 6 December 2018
Resolved 3 December 2018
Resolution: Ground was isolated to lighting system and rectified.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general

Issued 6 November 2018 Resolved

Electrical equipment on a vessel must be maintained to minimize accidental personnel contact with energized parts. Three slots in the breaker box in the forward storage compartment are open and must be blanked off. 46 CFR 183.200(c)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 November 2018
Resolution: Slots on breaker box were blanked off before end of the inspection.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation

Issued 6 November 2018 Resolved

Provisions must be made for closing all supply duct cowls or scoops and exhaust duct discharge openings for a space protected by a fixed gas extinguishing system. The engine room ventilation louvers on the port side are not able to be closed all the way. 46 CFR 182.465(h)

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 13 November 2018
Resolved 3 December 2018
Resolution: Cowls were adjusted to close fully.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances

Issued 6 November 2018 Resolved

Life ring buoys must be approved in accordance with 160.050 in subchapter Q of this chapter. The grab-line on three of the vessels life ring buoys were brittle and breaking under strain. 46 CFR 180.70(b)(1)

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 6 November 2018
Resolution: Life rings were swapped out with new ones.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Tripping/Falling Hazard

Issued 20 September 2016 Resolved

Secure all compressed bottles to prevent rolling and misle hazards.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 September 2016
Resolved 9 November 2016
Resolution: Vessel installed permanent bottle holders for soda bottles.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Occupational Safety › Guards for Exposed Hazards

Issued 20 September 2016 Resolved

Reinstall all machinery guards on exposed rotating machinery.

Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 27 September 2016
Resolved 5 October 2016
Resolution: Guards replaced and found satisfactory.

Stability › Watertight Integrity › Watertight Subdivision Standard

Issued 23 July 2016 Resolved

Close the bulkhead penetration between the engineroom and forward tank compartment and between the engine room and lazarette. Penetration carries a sewage pipe and must be sealed with watertight and fire resistant material.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 26 July 2016
Resolution: Received pictures of sealed bulkhead penetratrations on both sides.

Casualty record · 1

17 June 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2685094

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.

Recorded names · 1

VIRGINIA'S JEWEL (2006). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

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.