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FINEST KIND
Passenger (Uninspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Other hulls named FINEST KIND
FINEST KIND is a 1964 passenger vessel (uninspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 18 inspections since 1994, most recently in February 2019, along with 3 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2016 and 2019.
Records from 1994 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 14 February 2019.
- Built
- 1964
- Last inspected
- 14 February 2019
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2016–2019
Identity
294956
84320
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-84320
Inspections, by type
The 18 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 7 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 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 1977.
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)34.9 ft × 11.8 ft × 5.1 ft
Registered tonnagegross 11 / net 8
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderMERRITT'S BOAT & ENGINE · POMPANO BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES · built 1964
Hull materialWood
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portLAHAINA, HI
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 9 August 2025 · expires 30 September 2026
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Uninspected)
Hull formunknown (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it11 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
8 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
8 - 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 September 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.
Radio station licence
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
Inspection history · 18
14 February 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6633793
17 January 2018
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC OLIVER BERRY (WPC 1124) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6343220
14 July 2016
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 5946546
6 October 2010
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC KITTIWAKE (WPB 87316) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 3910845
15 July 2008
DAPI Audit · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 3269185
11 June 2007
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC KISKA (WPB 1336) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 2974052
25 October 2006
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC WALNUT (WLB 205) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 2815702
12 June 2004
Type not recorded
No type recorded · USCGC ASSATEAGUE (WPB 1337) · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 2103313
1 October 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 724771
27 September 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 644301
17 September 2001
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 212205
11 June 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 213019
11 June 2000
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 218754
10 May 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 231249
4 February 1999
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 226840
18 July 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 227749
11 November 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 695040
28 October 1994
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HONOLULU · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 372349
Deficiency record · 3
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › EAP Training Requirements
Issued 15 July 2008
Resolved
No EAP program in place.
Operations/Management › Drug and Alcohol Testing › Testing, Equipment
Issued 15 July 2008
Resolved
No testing equipment on board vessel.
Accommodation/Occupational Safety
Issued 28 October 1994
Resolved
ON 28 OCTOBER 1994 THE VESSEL FINEST KIND OPERATED BY FINEST KIND INC. WAS OPERATING IN LAHAINA HARBOR MAUI HAWAII EQUIPPED WITH INSTALLED TOILET FACILITIES, WHICH WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AN OPERABLE TYPE I, II, OR III MARINE SANITATION DEVICE.
Casualty record · 2
14 July 2016Routine · role: Alleged Pollution Source · activity 5946546
14 February 2019Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 6633793
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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.