NORWEGIAN SPIRIT is a 1998 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 30 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2024, along with 10 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 3 May 2024.
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.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it75388 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 45235 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 42343 - Displacement, Ton 93375 - Dead Weight, 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.
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and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this
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07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 22 April 2024Resolved
In addition to the emergency lighting, the means of escape, including stairways and exits, shall be marked by lighting of photoluminescent strip indicators placed not more than 0.3m (300mm) above the deck at all points of the escape route including angles and intersections. The marking must enable passengers to identify all the routes of escape and readily identify escape exits. Low location lighting near FD 10-3-009 was out. Cite: 74 SOLAS 97 II-2/28.1.10
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 April 2024
Resolved 22 April 2024
Resolution: Deficiency rectified prior to completion of exam.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
Issued 22 April 2024Resolved
The construction of all doors and door frames in "A" class divisions, with the means of securing them when closed, shall provide resistance to fire as well as to the passage of smoke and flame, as far as practicable, equivalent to that of the bulkheads in which the doors are situated. Such doors and door frames shall be constructed of steel or other equivalent material. FD 11-4-048, FD 10-04-030, and FD 10-5-034 did not latch during testing of fire doors. Cite: 74 SOLAS 97 II-2/30.2
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 April 2024
Resolved 22 April 2024
Resolution: Deficiency rectified prior to completion of exam.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Launching arrangements for survival craft
Issued 22 April 2024Resolved
Launching shall be such that the applicance operator on the ship is able to observe the survival craft at all times. Embarkation lighting was extinguished stbd side forward of LB #11 and aft of LB #15. Cite: 74 SOLAS 97 III/15.7
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 22 April 2024
Resolved 22 April 2024
Resolution: Deficiency rectified prior to completion of exam.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 2 November 2023Resolved
Above the bulkhead deck there shall be at least two means of escape from each main vertical zone or similarly restricted space or group of spaces at least one of which shall give access to a stairway forming a vertical escape. PSCO observed escape route door marked FD 05-1-002 locked without means to open in case of emergency.
74 SOLAS 97 II-2/28.1.2
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 November 2023
Resolved 13 November 2023
Resolution: Door fitted with secure keybox.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 2 November 2023Resolved
Above the bulkhead deck there shall be at least two means of escape from each main vertical zone or similarly restricted space or group of spaces at least one of which shall give access to a stairway forming a vertical escape. PSCO observed forward means of escape from Bistro galley outfitted with motion-activated decorative door, which is unable to be opened in case of loss of power.
7 4 SOLAS 97 II-2/28.1.2
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 16 November 2023
Resolved 13 November 2023
Resolution: The two doors were fitted with handles enabling them to be operated in
case of loss of power.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire doors/openings in fire-resisting divisions
Issued 2 November 2023Resolved
Fire doors in main vertical zone bulkheads and stairway enclosures shall be self-closing. P{SCO observed fire door 07-3-024 in starboard side stairway blocked open by stowed wheelchairs.
74 SOLAS 97 II-2/30.4.1
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 2 November 2023
Resolved 2 November 2023
Resolution: Wheelchairs removed from location.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 2 November 2023Resolved
Fire-extinguishing appliances shall be kept in good order and be available for immediate use at all limes. PSCO discovered fire hose at fire station 05-5-22 with multiple punctures that leaked during the fire drill.
74 SOLAS 97 II-2/21
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 2 November 2023
Resolved 2 November 2023
Resolution: Vessel replaced fire hose.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire-dampers
Issued 24 April 2023Resolved
Coamings on any fiddley, funnel or machinery space ventilator in an exposed position on the freeboard or superstructure deck shall be as high above the deck as reasonable and practicable. Fiddley openings shall be fitted with strong covers of steel or other equivalent materil permanently attached in their proper positions and capable of being secured weathertight. Missing dog on dampener cover for emergency generator space on aft weatherdeck.
ICLL 66 17.2
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Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 May 2023
Resolved 8 May 2023
Resolution: Received Class report attesting to rectification, uploaded report to Documents.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 24 April 2023Resolved
Each section of sprinklers shall be capable of being isolated by one stop valve only. Means shall be provided to prevent the operation of the spot valves by any unauthorized person. Section valve on Deck 5, Zone 1 was found in crew area with no means of preventing unauthorized access to valve.
74 SOLAS 01 II-2/12.2.2
16ac
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 8 May 2023
Resolved 8 May 2023
Resolution: Received Class report attesting to rectification, uploaded report to Documents.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape
Issued 15 May 2022Resolved
A fixed fire detection and fire alarm system shall be so installed and arranged as to provide smoke detection in service spaces, control stations and accommodation spaces, including corridors, stairways and escape routes within accommodation spaces. Room-in-room fire alarms in treatment rooms not sounding upon activation of salon detector.
74 SOLAS 14 Amended, Chapter II-2/7.5.2 and MSC Plan Review Guidance SOLAS 25
Condition: Design Flaw
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 15 June 2022
Resolved 19 May 2022
Resolution: Verified that alarms in treatment rooms were properly functioning.
Ownership record
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