AINA KAI

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE)

AINA KAI is a 2006 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2016, most recently in August 2025, along with 7 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 1 casualty investigation in 2025.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 28 August 2025.

Built: 2006
Last inspected: 28 August 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 9
Deficiencies: 7 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2025

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 28 August 2025

Recorded inspections9

…physical examinations5

…administrative events3

…with no type recorded1

Deficiencies 7 recorded · 1 without a recorded resolution

…past their stated due date1

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 6 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

1190721

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WDQ3246

850236

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-850236

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)40.0 ft × 8.5 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 14 / net 11

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCOOL AMPHIBIOUS MANUFACTURERS INTERNATIONAL · SOUTH LIMA, NY, UNITED STATES · built 2006

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeBox

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portHONOLULU, HI

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 27 March 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it14 - Simplified, Gross Ton
11 - 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 · 9

28 August 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8225902

29 May 2025 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8147296

11 April 2023 COI Inspection · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7646564

3 June 2022 Drydock Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7489261

15 March 2022 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7411911

7 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7091237

7 December 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6320627

30 November 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6050338

27 June 2016 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 5922022

Deficiency record · 7

05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (radio communication)

Issued 29 May 2025 No resolution recorded

Vessel could not provide FCC Safety Radio Certificate.

Due 18 June 2025 — due date passed with no resolution recorded

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull - cracking

Issued 3 June 2022 Resolved

The construction of the vessel must allow for the safe operation of the vessel in accordance with the Certificate of Inspection giving provisions for a seaworthy hull. The vessel's hull presented with severe damage to propeller tunnel. Crop and renew damaged hull plating. All repairs shall be made to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector, utilizing approved materials. 46 CFR 177.100

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 26 July 2022
Resolution: Repairs made to the satisfaction of the attending marine inspector.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Bottom Plating

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

Remove paint in order to further inspect bottom plating.

Condition: Invalid
Due 11 July 2016
Resolved 23 March 2022
Resolution: Vessel unable to financially accomodate. Will need to undergo new drydock inspection.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Markings (ship name/port)

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

SOLAS tape needs to be added to 4 equal sides

Due 11 July 2016
Resolved 23 March 2022
Resolution: Vessel unable to financially accomodate. Will need to undergo new COI renewal inspection.

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Bilge Monitor

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

High level alarm and bilge alarm did not indicate visually.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 23 March 2022
Resolution: Vessel unable to financially accomodate. Will need to undergo new COI inspection.

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Bottom Plating

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

Identified several areas with localized pitting. Required operator to provide gauging reports for identified areas IAW 46 CFR 176.802. Additionally, required dye penetrant for pitting in stbd quarter area.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 23 March 2022
Resolution: Vessel unable to financially accomodate. Will need to undergo new drydock inspection.

Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights

Issued 27 June 2016 Resolved

Starboard navigation light inoperable. Required operator to replace as new IAW 46 CFR 183.420.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 23 March 2022
Resolution: Vessel unable to financially accomodate. Will need to undergo new COI inspection.

Casualty record · 1

28 August 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8225902

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.