THE BLUE HERON

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

Built: 2000
Last inspected: 24 October 2025
Documentation: No record in the NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 18 recorded · 0 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 24 October 2025

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations12

…administrative events2

Deficiencies 18 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 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

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948

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UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-948

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it4 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
4 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross 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.

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Behind this panel: 14 inspections, each with its date, unit and type; 18 deficiencies with the resolution recorded against each; operational controls, none recorded without a removal date; no tow-unit appearances recorded; no other recorded names; no NVDC documentation record for this Official Number. Every line is a record the Coast Guard wrote; the counts above are the same counts as in the summary, and they are free.

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Vessel history report

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Inspection history · 14

24 October 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8264837

4 June 2025 Deficiency Check · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8141607

1 July 2024 Annual Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7959483

30 October 2023 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7836558

7 June 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7836580

1 June 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7464884

22 September 2021 Administrative Inspection · Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7318078

3 June 2020 COI Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6965270

16 April 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6940033

8 July 2019 In-Service Inspection · Drydock Exam · Deadweight Survey · Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6741363

13 December 2018 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6596997

14 May 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6414153

29 March 2017 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6117722

18 August 2016 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Nashville · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5977344

Deficiency record · 18

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

Issued 4 June 2025 Resolved

Nozzles, flanges, or other fittings for pipe connections to a metal tank must be welded or brazed to the tank. Fuel tank connections were not welded, were secured via loose caulking connections.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 4 July 2025
Resolved 1 July 2025

18 - Maritime Labour Convention (Not Applicable to PSC Exams conducted in the U.S.) › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Conditions of employment)

Issued 4 June 2025 Resolved

By March 15 of the year following the collection of the data in paragraph (a) of this section, marine employers must submit the data on the form titled U.S. Department of Transportation Drug and Alcohol Testing MIS Data Collection Form (OMB Number: 2105-0529) by mail to Commandant. MIS report was not filed.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 4 July 2025
Resolved 1 July 2025

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

Issued 4 June 2025 Resolved

An adult life jacket must be provided for each person carried on board a vessel. 06 adult life jackets were not serviceable and had to be removed, leaving 16 life jackets on board.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 4 June 2025
Resolved 4 June 2025

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

Issued 1 June 2022 Resolved

An adult lifejacket must be provided for each person on board a vessel. 14 lifejackets found in unsatisfactory condition.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 1 June 2022
Resolution: Received email with proof of purchase of new lifejackets.

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

Issued 22 September 2021 Resolved

To maintain a valid Certificate of Inspection, you must complete your annual inspection within the periods specified in 176.500(b)(1) [annual inspection within 3 months before or after each anniversary date] and your Certificate of Inspection must be endorsed. Vessel is outside of three month window for Inspection and is not permitted to operate until annual inspection has been completed. 46CFR176.502

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 13 October 2021
Resolution: Completed Dry Dock

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights

Issued 14 May 2018 Resolved

Replace ring Life Buoy light in kind.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 18 May 2018
Resolved 18 May 2018
Resolution: Replaced Lifebuoy light in kind.

Lifesaving › Lifejacket/PFD (Type II) › Storage

Issued 14 May 2018 Resolved

Print Life Jacket placard and post onboard vessel.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 18 May 2018
Resolved 18 May 2018
Resolution: Printed and posted life jacket donning placard onboard vessel.

Accommodation/Occupational Safety › Medical/First Aid › Medicine Chest

Issued 14 May 2018 Resolved

Provide eye wash for passengers.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 18 May 2018
Resolved 18 May 2018
Resolution: Eye Wash purchased and placed onboard for PAX usage.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Stability Letter

Issued 14 May 2018 Resolved

Post stability letter in visible location onboard vessel.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 18 May 2018
Resolved 18 May 2018
Resolution: Stability letter posted in visible location onboard vessel.

Lifesaving › Visual Distress Signals (General) › Expired

Issued 29 March 2017 Resolved

Expired.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 31 March 2017
Resolution: Per CFR/OCMI.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Approval

Issued 29 March 2017 Resolved

Life buoy not maintained, no waterlight attached, no lifeline attached, no retro reflective tape, no vessel name/port.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 31 March 2017
Resolution: Per CFR/OCMI.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Self-igniting Lights

Issued 29 March 2017 Resolved

Waterlight inoperable. Wrong baterry - no way to secure wires to posts. Expiration/replacement unknown.

Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 31 March 2017
Resolution: Per CFR/OCMI.

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