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DUCK 15
DUCK 15 is a passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 9 inspections since 2017, most recently in April 2020, along with 4 deficiencies — 3 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 2017 to 2020. Most recent: inspection, 30 April 2020.
- Built
- Not recorded
- Last inspected
- 30 April 2020
- Documentation
- Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 4 recorded · 3 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 6 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 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.
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded1
…past their stated due date3
Years with a record
4 calendar years (2017–2020)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded.
The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by
the kind of activity 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.
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Simplified, Gross Ton
4 - Simplified, Net Ton
4 - Simplified, Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 2026 as served by NOAA Fisheries, so no documentation record is shown. Absence from that file is a fact about the file, not about the hull.
Vessel history report
A report is not offered for this hull. Its record holds only 2 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.
Inspection history · 9
30 April 2020
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6946242
10 February 2020
Appeal
Administrative · Commandant (CG-CVC) · Activity 6908430
3 August 2019
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6771700
2 August 2019
Deficiency Check · Examination of Repairs · Administrative Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6773579
21 June 2019
Internal Structural Exam · COI Inspection · DAPI Audit · Drydock Exam
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6718401
5 March 2019
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6636807
6 September 2018
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6534428
30 January 2018
DAPI Audit · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6346207
25 January 2017
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6131789
Deficiency record · 4
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 9 May 2020
No resolution recorded
46CFR176.840/MSIB 15-20 / 701c - IN ACCORDANCE WITH MSIB 15-20, AN INSPECTION OF THE CANOPY AND SIDE CURTAINS, AND A STABILITY REVIEW MUST BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS AND RECOMMENCING OPERATIONS.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Certificates for master and officers
Issued 9 May 2020
No resolution recorded
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 9 May 2020
No resolution recorded
[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 2 August 2019
Resolved
46 CFR 176.814 / 30c - While operating in the water, the vessel experienced a loss of rudder control. Within the previous two weeks, two similar casualties (loss of rudder control) occurred within the Ride the Ducks of Seattle's fleet. Considering (1) the frequency with which vessels within the Ride the Ducks of Seattle fleet have lost steering the last two weeks,(2) steering (rudder control) is a critical system to the safe operation of a vessel, and (3) all vessels operated by Ride the Ducks of Seattle have identical steering systems, a flag state detention has been issued to this vessel. Repairs have been affected by the company's fleet of 8 vessels and they are authorized to continue operating. Prior to clearing this deficiency, the company must provide a root cause analysis for this series of similar casualties which takes into account a detailed description of the cause of the casualties and recommendations from the system manufacturer to prevent recurrence. This report must be submitted to our office within 90 days.
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.