LADY CHARLESTON

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

LADY CHARLESTON is a 2007 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 2016, most recently in May 2026, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 28 May 2026.

Built: 2007
Last inspected: 28 May 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 3 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 28 May 2026

Recorded inspections14

…physical examinations13

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 11 calendar years (2016–2026)

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

1212722

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955475

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-955475

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)26.0 ft × 10.3 ft × 5.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 8 / net 7

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderSHAW YACHT INC · THOMASTON, UNITED STATES · built 2007

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portLORAIN, OH

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 21 May 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it8 - Simplified, Gross Ton
7 - 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

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 · 14

28 May 2026 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8381591

25 June 2025 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8166102

26 June 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7942708

15 May 2023 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7688916

5 July 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7496863

20 April 2022 Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7434478

11 August 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7283389

30 November 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7103578

1 September 2020 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7047684

6 August 2020 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7025591

8 May 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6679389

16 May 2018 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6395448

18 April 2017 Drydock Exam · Annual Inspection · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 6127319

5 May 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cleveland · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 5869449

Deficiency record · 3

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 6 August 2020 Resolved

Missing three (3) daytime flares. Replenish missing flares.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 August 2020
Resolved 1 September 2020
Resolution: All required pyrotechnics are onboard. Cleared deficiency.

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

Issued 6 August 2020 Resolved

Label access cover to fuel shut-off valves.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 August 2020
Resolved 1 September 2020
Resolution: Fuel shut-off valve locations are now properly marked. Deficiency cleared.

10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Lights, shapes, sound-signals

Issued 6 August 2020 Resolved

Anchor light is inoperable.

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 20 August 2020
Resolved 1 September 2020
Resolution: Anchor light is functioning properly. Deficiency is cleared.

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.