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EL REY
Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Other hulls named EL REY
EL REY is a 1974 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 22 inspections since 2015, most recently in October 2025, along with 45 deficiencies, 2 operational controls and 2 casualty investigations between 2013 and 2022.
Records from 2013 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 16 October 2025.
- Built
- 1974
- Last inspected
- 16 October 2025
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 45 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2013–2022
Identity
1194929
WDN6338
869616
Flag
UNITED STATES
368298160
Maury page id
psix-869616
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
Years with a record
11 calendar years (2015–2025)
The 22 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.
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)62.0 ft × 19.0 ft × 7.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 29 / net 23
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderTOLO INC · SANTA ANA, CA, UNITED STATES · built 1974
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationTwin Hull
Hailing portREDONDO BEACH, CA
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 29 May 2026 · expires 31 May 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 it23 - Simplified, Net Ton
29 - Simplified, Gross Ton
29 - Simplified, Gross 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
WDN6338MMSI 368298160 · active · compulsorily equipped · granted 22 February 2023, expires 22 February 2033
WDG9240MMSI 367583450 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 3 August 2013, cancelled 7 October 2023
WDG9017MMSI 367583450 · cancelled · voluntarily equipped · granted 17 July 2013, cancelled 1 August 2013 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
Inspection history · 22
16 October 2025
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8254257
15 May 2025
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8096466
27 August 2024
Hull Examination · Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7964114
4 December 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7802190
27 February 2023
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7617618
27 February 2023
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7856439
17 November 2022
Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7572931
15 November 2022
Plan Review "T" Boat · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7610183
25 August 2022
Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7411720
11 April 2022
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7428746
8 April 2022
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7436115
13 October 2021
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7331463
12 November 2020
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7094603
18 August 2020
Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7039464
23 August 2019
Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6792799
23 August 2018
COI Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6519087
15 May 2018
Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6394970
24 January 2018
Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6343296
24 January 2017
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6076548
29 November 2016
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6048886
17 May 2016
Hull Examination
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5868234
12 November 2015
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5726307
Deficiency record · 45
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Oil accumulation in engine room
Issued 16 October 2025
Resolved
It is further intended that all machinery be installed and maintained in such a manner as to afford adequate protection against fire, explosion, machinery failure and personnel injury. Vessel has an oil leak on the port engine resulting in oil residue coating the engine and bilge. Repair leak on port engine and clean up oil residue.
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 15 May 2025
Resolved
A suitable metal marine type strainer, meeting the requirements of the engine manufacturer, must be fitted in the fuel supply line in the engine compartment. Fuel filter and strainer bowls must be highly resistant to shattering due to mechanical impact and resistant to failure due to thermal shock. MI observed fuel filters in both starboard and port side engine room compartments were not equipped with metal marine type strainer bowls.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus
Issued 15 May 2025
Resolved
The equipment required for life floats and buoyant apparatus must meet the following specifications: The lifeline and pendants must be as furnished by the manufacturer with the approved life float or buoyant apparatus. Replacement lifelines and pendants must meet the requirements in Subpart 160.010 of this chapter. MI observed deteriorated lifelines on 03 life floats.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Buoyant apparatus
Issued 15 May 2025
Resolved
The name of a vessel must be marked or painted in clearly legible letters and numbers: On each life float and buoyant apparatus. The number of persons capacity must be marked or painted in clearly legible letters. MI observed markings on 03 life floats for vessels name and number of persons allowed were no longer legible.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 15 May 2025
Resolved
At least one ring life buoy must be fitted with a lifeline. If more than one ring life buoy is carried, at least one must not have a lifeline attached. Each lifeline on a ring life buoy must: Be of a dark color if synthetic, or of a type certified to be resistant to deterioration from ultraviolet light. MI observed deterioration of lifeline on port side ring life buoy.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 15 May 2025
Resolved
A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump must have at least three 9.5 liter (2.5 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words "FIRE BUCKET" must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket. MI observed the vessel had two and not three 2.5 gallon fire buckets available during the time of the inspection.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 4 December 2023
Resolved
Each life jacket carried on a vessel on oceans, coastwise, or Great Lakes route, must have a life jacket light approved in accordance with § 161.012 in subchapter Q of this chapter. 11 life jacket lights were inoperable.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Stowage and provision of liferafts
Issued 4 December 2023
Resolved
Each item of survival craft equipment must be of good quality, and efficient for the purpose it is intended to serve. Water light on 01 of 03 life floats was inoperable.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for radio personnel
Issued 4 December 2023
Resolved
Except as provided in §§ 80.177 and 80.179, operation of transmitters of any ship station must be performed by a person holding a commercial radio operator license or permit of the class required below. The operator is responsible for the proper operation of the station. Operator or crew members did not possess and FCC operators license. 47 CFR 80.155
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
The name of a vessel must be marked or painted in clearly legible letters and numbers:(2) On each life float and buoyant apparatus. MI observed 03 life floats with wrong vessel name markings. 46CFR185.604(a)(2)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
The name of the vessel must be marked or painted in clearly legible letters on each life float paddle. MI observed 03 life float paddles with wrong vessel name markings. 46CFR185.604(g)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Inflatable liferafts
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
Each link certified by the manufacturer to meet the requirements of this subpart must have a corrosion resistant, waterproof tag attached to it...MI observed no waterproof tag attached to float free link. 46CFR073-20(a)
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
As appropriate for the intended voyage, a vessel must carry adequate and up-to-date: U.S. Coast Pilot or similar publication;Coast Guard Light List. Publications on board were outdated (2018). 46CFR184.420(a)
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Cargo Ship Safety Radio (including exemption)
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
If the ship passes the inspection, the technician will issue a Communications Act Safety Radiotelephony Certificate. Vessel official number on the certificate is incorrect. 47CFR80.903
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Main installation
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
A durable placard must be posted next to all radiotelephone installations with the emergency broadcast instructions and information, specific to the individual vessel. Posted placard includes previous vessel name in instruction placard verbiage. 46CFR184.506
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Structural condition)
Issued 27 February 2023
Resolved
A vessel is inspected for compliance with the standards required by this subchapter. Machinery, equipment, materials, and arrangements not covered by standards in this subchapter may be inspected in accordance with standards acceptable to the cognizant OCMI as good marine practice. MI observed unsatisfactory deck repair located on the aft portion of the main deck. 46CFR176.800(a)
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 11 April 2022
Resolved
Propulsion machinery must be suitable in type and design for propulsion requirements of the hull in which it is installed and capable of operating at constant marine load under such requirements without exceeding its designed limitations. Operator reported a loss of propulsion on the Port engine while docking. Once repairs have been completed, contact USCG dispatch to schedule a check ride with a USCG Marine Inspector prior to departure.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals
Issued 1 November 2019
Resolved
All vessels must have navigation lights that are in compliance with the applicable sections of the International and Inland Nav. Rules. Vessel needs to install appropriate Anchor Light as well as an appropriate Stern Light.
Anchor light is missing and stern light is deteriorated.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 23 August 2019
Resolved
A vessel of more than 26 ft but less than 65 ft must carry one life buoy. Life buoy installed is worn and unserviceable. Crew provided new life buoy and placed into service.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Maintenance of Fire protection systems
Issued 23 August 2018
Resolved
Provide fire extinguisher with current hydrostatic test.
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 23 August 2018
Resolved
Provide current tide table
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 23 August 2018
Resolved
Provide current tide table
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Charts
Issued 23 August 2018
Resolved
Provide current light list.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 23 August 2018
Resolved
Provide lights for 59 adult PFDs.
Communications › Alarms/Indicators › Bilge Alarm
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF ALL BILGE HIGH LEVEL ALARMS PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. -46CFR182.530
Fire Fighting › Fire Bucket › Quantity
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
PROVIDE A TOTAL OF THREE FIRE BUCKETS PRIOR TO CARRING PASSENGERS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. - 46CFR181.610
Operations/Management › Equipment Service/Testing › EPIRB
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
REPLACE EPIRB BATTERY. VSL RESTRICTED TO 3NM FROM COASTLINE.
Operations/Management › Equipment Service/Testing › EPIRB
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
REPLACE EPIRB HYRDROSTATIC RELEASE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. VSL RESTRICTED TO 3NM FROM COASTLINE. -46CFR185.740
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (General) › Lights
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
ENSURE ALL LIFEJACKET LIGHTS ARE OPERATIONAL TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. VESSEL RESTRICTED TO 20NM FROM HARBOR OF SAFE REFUGE. -46CFR180.75
Fire Fighting › Fixed CO2 Fire Extinguishing System › Servicing
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
PROVIDE PROOF OF FIRE SERVICING PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARING INSPECTOR. -46CFR176.810
Navigation › Collision/Grounding Avoidance › Navigation Lights
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
REMOVE OBSTRUCTION (DOLPHIN) IN FRONT OF PORT RUNNING LIGHT PRIOR TO NIGHT OPERATIONS/OPERATING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER/REDUCED VISIBILITY TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. -46CFR183.420
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Floating Electric Waterlight
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
REPLACE WATERLIGHT FOR LIFEFLOAT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. PASSENGER COUNT REDUCED TO 37. -46CFR180.175(d)
Operations/Management › Equipment Service/Testing › EPIRB
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
CONDUCT AND LOG MONTHLY EPIRB TESTS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. -46CFR185.728
Operations/Management › Drills/Instruction › Not Conducted
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
CONDUCT AND LOG QUARTERLY DRILLS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. -46CFR185.420
Documentation › Manifests/Lists › Muster List/Emergency Instructions
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
POST EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS AT THE OPERATING INSTRUCTION TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE ATTENDING MARINE INSPECTOR. -46CFR185.510
Electrical › Electrical Distribution System (service) › Wiring
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
SUBMIT PLANS OF ELECTRICAL MODIFICATIONS FOR REVIEW. -46CFR176.700
Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Medical/First Aid › Medicine Chest
Issued 29 January 2018
Resolved
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
Operations/Management › Vessel Activity › Other
Issued 24 January 2018
Resolved
CONDUCT A SATISFACTORY ANNUAL INSPECTION.
Engineering › Bilge Water Management System › Pump
Issued 24 January 2018
Resolved
Ensure proper operation of automatic rule pump indicators on bridge. Automated pumps shall have visual indicators at operating station (engine room).
Fire Fighting › Remote Fuel Shutoff › General
Issued 29 November 2016
Resolved
adjust emer ffuel shut off valves
Fire Fighting › Portable Dry Chemical Fire Extinguisher › Approval
Issued 29 November 2016
Resolved
Provide fire extinguisher servicing report
Navigation › Piloting/Steering › Marine Charts
Issued 29 November 2016
Resolved
provide updated chatrs and NTM
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › FCC Safety Radiotelephony Certificate
Issued 29 November 2016
Resolved
PROVIDE FCC operators certificate
Lifesaving › Lifefloat › Float-free Link
Issued 12 November 2015
Resolved
Reinstall float-free link for lifefloats for proper operation.
Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type I) › Lights
Issued 12 November 2015
Resolved
Replace batteries in one adult lifejacket light.
Casualty record · 2
5 November 2013Routine · role: Acknowledged Pollution Source · activity 4749089
8 April 2022Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 7436115
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.
Recorded names · 1
LILY WHALE RESEARCH/RESCUE SAFARI (2013–2022). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.
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.