CHASE-N-FINS

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

CHASE-N-FINS is a 1977 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 17 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2024, along with 29 deficiencies — 2 with no resolution recorded — and 1 operational control.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 12 August 2024.

Built: 1977
Last inspected: 12 August 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 17
Deficiencies: 29 recorded · 2 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 12 August 2024

Recorded inspections17

…physical examinations14

…administrative events3

Deficiencies 29 recorded · 2 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 9 calendar years (2016–2024)

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

1161422

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WD16416

711885

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-711885

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)50.3 ft × 14.8 ft × 7.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 37 / net 29

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderUNIFLITE INC · BELLINGHAM, WA, UNITED STATES · built 1977

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portPENSACOLA BEACH, FL

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Recreational

DocumentationValid · issued 29 January 2026 · expires 31 January 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 it37 - Simplified, Gross Ton
29 - 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.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 17

12 August 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7979573

21 February 2024 Plan Review "T" Boat · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7868260

9 January 2024 Plan Review "T" Boat · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7870869

1 May 2023 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7678857

1 April 2022 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7429439

9 February 2022 Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7393385

14 March 2021 COI Inspection · Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7156054

21 April 2020 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6941807

6 January 2020 Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6883739

20 May 2019 DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6669264

18 June 2018 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6448640

5 April 2018 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6386162

1 January 2018 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6331036

9 May 2017 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6144638

6 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection · DAPI Audit

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6099560

11 May 2016 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5874714

3 March 2016 COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5826137

Deficiency record · 29

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 12 August 2024 No resolution recorded

TO MAINTAIN A VALID CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, YOU MUST COMPLETE YOUR ANNUAL INSPECTION WITHIN THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE OR AFTER EACH ANNIVERSARY DATE. VESSEL WAS NOT INSPECTED WITHIN THE THREE MONTHS BEFORE OR AFTER 18 MARCH 2024.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 12 August 2024 No resolution recorded

A VESSEL THAT IS EXPOSED TO SALTWATER MORE THAN THREE MONTHS IN ANY 12 MONTH PERIOD SINCE THE3 LAST EXAMINATION MUST UNDERGO A DRYDOCK EXAMINATION AND INTERNAL STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS.VESSEL DID NOT RECEIVE A DRYDOCK EXAMINATION PRIOR TO THE DROP DEAD DATE OF 28 FEBRUARY 2024.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Other (accident prevention)

Issued 1 May 2023 Resolved

At every vessel inspection all observed unsafe practices, fire hazards and other hazardous situations must be corrected. The bilges and other spaces may be examined to see that there is no excessive accumulation of oil, trash, debris or other matter that might create a fire hazard. Vessel was found to have an excessive amount of oil in the engine space. Oil was permeating and saturating the bilges, bulkheads, overhead and equipment.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 1 May 2023
Resolved 14 June 2023
Resolution: engine room was cleaned of oil

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

Issued 1 May 2023 Resolved

Operator shall be prepared to conduct machinery tests and have vessel ready for inspection. Vessels main propulsion machinery (engines) are not operationally ready for inspection and not functioning properly, as designed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 1 May 2023
Resolved 14 June 2023
Resolution: engines were tested for 10 minutes

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 1 May 2023 Resolved

A vessel of at least 26 feet a visual and audible alarm must be provided at the operating station to indicate a high water lever in each unmanned space. Vessels visual bilge alarm was not operable.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 30 - Ship detained
Due 1 May 2023
Resolved 14 June 2023
Resolution: replaced bilge visual alarms

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

Issued 1 May 2023 Resolved

At every vessel inspection all observed unsafe practices, fire hazards and other hazardous situations must be corrected... all required guards and protective devices must be in satisfactory condition. Vessel was missing protective guard on both main diesel engine.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 1 May 2023
Resolved 21 June 2023
Resolution: provided photo evidence of installed machinery guards

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

Issued 1 May 2023 Resolved

Electric equipment must be maintained to protect from electrical hazards. Vessel has oil ladened loose dead-ended wires in engine room. Remove wiring or relocate to a terminate in a junction box & remove oil residue.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 1 May 2023
Resolved 14 June 2023
Resolution: dead end wires were capped

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Certificate of Inspection (COI)

Issued 16 June 2022 Resolved

Your vessel must undergo an annual inspection within 3 months before or after each anniversary date. Vessel has not completed an Annual Inspection and is restricted from operating as a passenger vessel until a satisfactory Annual Inspection is completed with Sector Mobile.

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 June 2022
Resolution: Vessel completed SAT annual inspection.

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)

Issued 17 February 2022 Resolved

Address hole in the port side console area

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 24 February 2022
Resolution: received photo, hole repaired

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Vessel is required to have annual servicing of firefighting equipment. Vessel was unable to provide documentation of annual servicing. Conduct annual servicing in the presence of the marine inspector.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 2 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Witness sat test with Hiller technician.

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

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Life jackets are required to have retro reflecive tape. Three lifejackets were found with deteriorated retroreflective tape. Replace or renenw life jackets.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 18 March 2021
Resolution: Two new adult life jackets were placed into service, and the retroreflective tape on one child life jacket was renewed.

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

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Ring life buoy requires lifeline. Ring life bouy was not fitted with a lifeline. Fit lanyard on ring life bouy.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Life ring had life line spliced onto life ring buoy.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Fuel tank vents are required to have frame screens or arrestor. Flame screen or arrestor not fitted. Fit flame screen or arrestor.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Added flame arrestors

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Visual indication must be provided at operating station to indicate when any bilge pump is operating. Light indicator was inoperable. Replace or repair indicator light.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Visual indicator was operational

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Piping above 150 F must be suitably insulated. Lagging on starboard engine is hanging off the exhaust pipe. Reattache starboard engine exhaust lagging.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Insulation added and satisfactory

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

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Electrical equipment must be maintained to protect from electrical hazards. Vessel had multiple dead-end wires in the battery space. Remove dead end wires.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Dead end wires removed.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts

Issued 18 March 2021 Resolved

Vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date charts. Charts onboard are from 2016. Provide or update charts.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 1 April 2021
Resolved 31 March 2021
Resolution: Procured updated charts.

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

Issued 20 May 2019 Resolved

Light lanyard attached to grab line in stead of around body of life ring.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2019
Resolved 28 May 2019
Resolution: Owner submitted photograph of appropriate life ring light lanyard

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

Issued 20 May 2019 Resolved

Loose and dead end wires in engine compartment.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2019
Resolved 20 May 2019
Resolution: Crew member bundled wires and removed dead ends.

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

Issued 20 May 2019 Resolved

Worn retro on 16 adult life vests and 3 child life vests.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 3 June 2019
Resolved 20 May 2019
Resolution: Received photograph addressing the retroflective tape on the 16 adult and 03 child life jackets. Accepted the photographs as objective evidence to clear.

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

Issued 20 May 2019 Resolved

Remount electrical junction box hanging by wires beneath head.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 3 June 2019
Resolved 20 May 2019
Resolution: re-mounted junction box to bulkhead on the spot.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Marine Charts

Issued 24 April 2017 Resolved

Provide updated charts for area of operation IAW 46 CFR 184.420

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 May 2017
Resolved 9 May 2017
Resolution: Updated navigation charts provided.

Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Inland Navigation Rules

Issued 24 April 2017 Resolved

Provide current copy of NAVRULES IAW 33 CFR 83.01.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 May 2017
Resolved 9 May 2017
Resolution: Updated Navigation rules provided.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Buoyant Lifeline

Issued 24 April 2017 Resolved

Replace life ring bouy waterlight lanyard IAW 46 CFR 180.70.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 May 2017
Resolved 9 May 2017
Resolution: Lanyard properly attached to floating waterlight.

Electrical › Lighting (service) › Lighting Fixture

Issued 24 April 2017 Resolved

Provide two portable lights on board IAW 46 CFR 183.430.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 May 2017
Resolved 9 May 2017
Resolution: Working portable lights provided.

Personnel › Certificates/Documents/Licenses › License, Operator

Issued 24 April 2017 Resolved

Ontain radio operator permit for master IAW 47 CFR 80.159.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 May 2017
Resolved 11 May 2017
Resolution: Updated Marine Operators Permit provided.

Documentation › Logs/Records › Drug Test Records

Issued 18 April 2016 Resolved

EAP training for supervisor and crew was not provided.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2016
Resolved 11 May 2016
Resolution: EAP training for supervisor and crew was provided.

Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Wiring

Issued 18 April 2016 Resolved

Wiring for fwd bilge pump has wrong wire connectors. Not sealed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2016
Resolved 11 May 2016
Resolution: Sealed and provided proper wire connectors for fwd bilge pump.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights

Issued 18 April 2016 Resolved

Anchor light was not working and could not be seen from stern.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 9 May 2016
Resolved 11 May 2016
Resolution: Extended the length of anchor light.

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.