ELSIE J

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1940s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

ELSIE J is a 1945 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 13 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 4 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2025.

Built: 1945
Last inspected: 4 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 13
Deficiencies: 4 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 4 September 2025

Recorded inspections13

…physical examinations13

Deficiencies 4 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

249094

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WB4815

62972

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-62972

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)45.7 ft × 13.2 ft × 5.4 ft

Registered tonnagegross 33 / net 22

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderBURGER BOAT COMPANY · MANITOWOC, WI, UNITED STATES · built 1945

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Direct

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSOUTH HAVEN, MI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Fishery

DocumentationValid · issued 22 August 2025 · expires 31 August 2026

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 it33 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
22 - 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

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 · 13

4 September 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8202892

5 September 2024 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8074249

10 June 2024 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7922485

4 October 2023 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7802593

27 June 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7724514

8 July 2022 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7500894

17 August 2021 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7284650

22 July 2020 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7014942

19 June 2019 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6711268

7 August 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6521057

7 June 2017 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Detached Duty Office Grand Haven · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6169615

19 September 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6004658

9 June 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Lake Michigan · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5925185

Deficiency record · 4

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 17 August 2021 Resolved

Each RLB must be marked clearly legible block capital letters with the vsl's name. Interior RLB not marked with vsl name. Properly mark RLB IAW regulations.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 17 August 2021
Resolution: Corrected on-the-spot

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 17 August 2021 Resolved

Electrical equipment must be installed to protect passengers and crew from electrical hazards and minimize accidental personnel contact with energized parts. Removal of monitoring equipment left exposed wire conductors. Repair and replace monitoring equipment or remove deadend wires.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 2 September 2021
Resolution: Verified reinstallation of equipment; no deadend wires.

Engineering › Compressed Air System (start air) › Receiver/Bottle

Issued 7 June 2017 Resolved

Pressure vessel did not have proper safety relief devices

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 7 September 2017
Resolved 7 August 2018
Resolution: relief valves installed on each receiver.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate

Issued 9 June 2016 Resolved

Vessel's Great Lakes Agreement Radio Inspection not completed.

Due 1 August 2016
Resolved 19 September 2016

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.