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PALMETTO BREEZE

PALMETTO BREEZE is a 2004 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2016, most recently in June 2026, along with 26 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2021.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 8 June 2026.

Built
2004
Last inspected
8 June 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
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 8 June 2026
…with no type recorded3
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

WDP8627
698244
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-698244

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)55.0 ft × 30.0 ft × 8.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 29 / net 23
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderSEA ISLAND BOATWORKS INC · CHARLESTON, SC, UNITED STATES · built 2004
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationTwin Hull
Hailing portCHARLESTON, SC
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 4 August 2026 · expires 31 August 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 it29 - Simplified, Gross Ton
23 - 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
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.

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Inspected as a tow unit · 3

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

TEASER 2 Passenger (Inspected) · MISLE 3931 · 12 November 2016 · activity 6042392SHAYNA MICHELLE Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 175730 · 12 November 2016 · activity 6042392SC1849BT Passenger (Uninspected) · MISLE 1426960 · 12 November 2016 · activity 6042392

Inspection history · 22

8 June 2026 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8395203
16 January 2026 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8296745
17 January 2025 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8065111
18 September 2024 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8004958
12 February 2024 Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7864482
18 December 2023 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7840264
14 December 2022 Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7609182
17 February 2022 Hull Examination · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7397808
30 September 2021 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7322205
23 September 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7323802
28 June 2021 Damage Survey · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7238069
27 June 2021 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7238675
10 December 2020 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7109791
13 February 2020 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6908263
5 December 2019 Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6874454
28 November 2018 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6588570
28 February 2018 Drydock Exam · Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6363044
15 February 2018 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Extension
Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6359302
17 November 2017 DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6310919
12 November 2016 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6042392
22 September 2016 DAPI Audit · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6001311
17 February 2016 Administrative Inspection · Hull Examination · Drydock Exam · Examination of Repairs
Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5817699

Deficiency record · 26

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation
Issued 10 June 2026 Resolved
A pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system must automatically shut down all power ventilation systems and all engines that draw intake air from within the protected space. Rather than shut down the engines in the space, both engines are approved draw intake air from outside the space protected through non-combustible hoses. The starboard engine intake hose has been replaced with combustible ducting which would melt in the event of a fire. Rectify deficiencies within 05 days.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 15 June 2026
Resolved 11 June 2026
Resolution: Vessel sent pictures of satisfactory intake arrangement.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 10 June 2026 Resolved
A vessel must comply with the applicable requirements for any radio and Electronic Position Indicating Radiobeacon (EPIRB) installations, including the requirements for a station license and installation certificates to be issued by the Federal Communications Commission, as set forth in 47 CFR part 80. VHF radio has the incorrect MMSI. Correct prior to sailing greater than 1000 feet from shore.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 30 July 2026
Resolution: Vessel provided updated Safety Radiotelephony certificate
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Bulkheads - operational damage
Issued 10 June 2026 Resolved
A vessel of not more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length must have a collision bulkhead if it carries more than 49 passengers. Collision bulkhead on both hulls have multiple penetrations for cables which have not been made watertight.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 10 July 2026
Resolved 15 July 2026
Resolution: Vessel owner was on board and was able to explain that the bulkhead noted was not the Collision bulkhead and the cables that penetrated the current bulkhead met requirements for the space.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 10 June 2026 Resolved
When, in accordance with § 178.210 of this chapter, a vessel must be provided with a stability letter, the stability letter must be posted under glass or other suitable transparent material, such that all pages are visible, at the operating station of the vessel. If posting is impracticable, the stability letter must be kept on board in a weathertight container readily available for use by the crew and display to passengers and others on request. Vessel did not have the signed stability letter posted or stored on the vessel at the time of the inspection. MI's printed off a new stability letter and provided it to the vessel.
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Resolved 10 June 2026
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 8 June 2026 Resolved
Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within the 3 months before or after each anniversary date. You must contact the cognizant OCMI to schedule an inspection at a time and place which he or she approves. No written application is required. Vessel failed to schedule annual inspection required no later than 03 June 2026.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 10 June 2026
Resolution: MI's conducted satisfactory annual inspection.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 8 June 2026 Resolved
In systems and applications where flexible hoses are permitted to be clamped, double hose clamping is required where practicable. Multiple sections, primarily in the starboard hull, of the bilge system flexible hose piping is only single clamped.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 24 June 2026
Resolved 15 July 2026
Resolution: MI's visited vessel and witnessed addition of missing hose clamps.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Operation of Fire protection systems
Issued 7 March 2025 Resolved
A pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system must automatically shut down all power ventilation systems and all engines that draw intake air from within the protected space. The ship's propulsion engines, which currently intake air from the protected space, do not automatically shutdown upon activation of the pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing system.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 7 April 2025
Resolved 28 May 2025
Resolution: O/O modified engines to intake air from outside the space protected by the pre-engineered fixed firefighting system.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Steering gear
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
A vessel must be provided with a main steering gear that is capable of steering the vessel at all service speeds. Vessel's steering gear is inoperable.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 7 March 2025
Resolution: Appropriate repairs completed and tested in the presence of USCG Inspectors.
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
The design, materials, and construction of booms and standing rigging on a sailing vessel must be suitable for the intended service. Mainsail aft carrier is cracked. Vessel restricted from using main sail until repairs have been made.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 28 March 2025
Resolution: Crack on the carrier was satisfactorily welded.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Unless other means are provided to ensure that a potential waste receptacle fire would be limited to the receptacle, waste receptacles must be constructed of non-combustible materials with no openings in the sides or bottom. Vessel has combustible plastic trash cans on deck.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 7 March 2025
Resolution: O/O replaced waste receptical with a metal can.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Each life jacket must be marked with Type I retroreflective material approved in 46 CFR 164.018 or other standard specified by the Commandant. Reflective tape on multiple life jackets needs to be replaced
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 28 March 2025
Resolution: MI's spot checked multiple life jackets which all had new type 1 retroreflective material taped onto them.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Remote fuel shutoff stations must be marked in clearly legible letters at least 1 inch high indicating purpose of the valve and direction of operation. Fuel shutoff valves were not marked.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 28 March 2025
Resolution: Fuel shutoff valves are marked in accordance with 185.608.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Man Overboard Drill (MOB)
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Man overboard drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. Man overboard drills were not logged.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 26 April 2025
Resolution: Sector Charleston received a copy of the vessel logbook with drills logged inside.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire drills
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Fire fighting drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. Fire drills were not logged.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 26 April 2025
Resolution: Sector Charleston received a copy of the vessel logbook with drills logged inside.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Each floating waterlight must be approved in accordance with 46 CFR 161.010 or another standard specified by the Commandant. Waterlight must have energizer L91 batteries in align with its type approval. Limited to day time operations
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 7 March 2025
Resolution: Appropriate battery installed in the waterlight.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Other (STCW)
Issued 3 March 2025 Resolved
Marine employers may form or otherwise use sponsoring organizations to conduct random chemical testing. Company has applied for but has not been issued DAPI letter at the time of the inspection. 46 CFR 16.230(d)
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 17 March 2025
Resolved 26 April 2025
Resolution: Sector Charleston received a copy of the vessel's DAPI enrollment.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)
Issued 17 January 2025 Resolved
Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within the 3 months before or after each anniversary date. You must contact the cognizant OCMI to schedule an inspection at a time and place which he or she approves. No written application is required. Vessel failed to schedule annual inspection required no later than 28Dec2024. 46 CFR 176.500(b)(1)
Action required: 60 - Rectify deficiencies prior to movement
Resolved 3 March 2025
Resolution: Completed COI Inspection
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 14 December 2022 Resolved
On a vessel of not more than 65 feet in length carrying more than 49 passengers, the minimum capacity of the fire pump must be 189 liters (50 gallons) per minute at a pressure of not less than 414 kPa (60 psi) at the pump outlet. The pump outlet must be fitted with a pressure gauge. The vessel's fire pump did not reach 60 psi. Vessel restricted to no more than 49 passengers.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 28 February 2023
Resolved 18 January 2023
Resolution: Attended the vessel for def check; pump operation satisfactory.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 14 December 2022 Resolved
Each nozzle must be of corrosion-resistant material and be capable of being changed between a solid stream and a spray pattern. A nozzle on a vessel of not more than 65 feet in length carrying more than 49 passengers, must be of a type approved in accordance with approval series 162.027; or Be of a type recognized by the Commandant as being equivalent in performance. The nozzle was not capable of changing stream and was not of an approved type.
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 28 December 2022
Resolved 18 January 2023
Resolution: Attended the vessel for def check; nozzle operated satisfactorily.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 14 December 2022 Resolved
Each life jacket must be marked with Type I retroreflective material. The retroreflective material on the life jackets was worn.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 28 December 2022
Resolved 29 December 2022
Resolution: Video provided of satisfactory life jackets
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Magnetic compass
Issued 14 December 2022 Resolved
Except on a vessel limited to daytime operations, the compass must be illuminated. The vessel's compass was not illuminated.
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 28 December 2022
Resolved 29 December 2022
Resolution: Image provided of satisfactory installed compass
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire pumps and its pipes
Issued 30 September 2021 Resolved
The fire pump outlet must be fitted with a gauge. The gauge on the port engine for the fire pump was not working.
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 30 October 2021
Resolved 30 September 2021
Resolution: Guage was replaced and tested.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements
Issued 30 September 2021 Resolved
[electric submersible bilge pump] A positive shutoff valve is installed at the hull penetration for the overboard. The positive shutoff valve was frozen and could not be closed.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 30 September 2021
Resolved 30 September 2021
Resolution: Positive shufoff valve was replaced.
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Functionality of Safety Systems
Issued 30 September 2021 Resolved
The Master and crew of a vessel will be familiar with the content of and have mounted at the operating station, emergency instructions containing the actions to be taken in the event of a fire, heavy weather, or man overboard conditions. The required emergency instructions were not on the vessel at the time of the inspection.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 30 September 2021
Resolved 30 September 2021
Resolution: Emergency instructions were printed and placed on board.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › VHF radio installation
Issued 10 December 2020 Resolved
Vessels operating solely within 20 nm of land must be equipped with a VHF-DSC radiotelephone installation. Vessel's VHF does not have DSC function. Vessel restricted to 1000ft from shore. 47 CFR 80.905
Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 5 October 2021
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 10 December 2020 Resolved
Each item of lifesaving eqiupment not in a serviceable condition must be repaired or replaced. Vessel's line on ring buoy is severely deteriorated.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 5 October 2021

Casualty record · 1

27 June 2021Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7238675
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.