April 25, 2025

2024 Port State Control Annual Report Posted

The Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Vessel Compliance is pleased to announce the release of the U.S. Port State Control Annual Report for 2024.

Dec. 22, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard Releases Report of Investigation Regarding Fire, Total Constructive Loss of Passenger Vessel Spirit of Norfolk

The Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis (CG-INV) recently posted a Report of Investigation (ROI) to the Marine Casualty Reports (uscg.mil) website regarding the fire onboard the small passenger vessel Spirit of Norfolk in Norfolk, VA, on June 7, 2022.

Oct. 30, 2024

Commandant’s Final Action Memorandum on the Report of the Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Passenger Deaths while on an excursion vessel launched from the Foreign Cruise Ship World Explorer

The Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis (CG-INV) recently posted the Commandant’s Final Action Memorandum (FAM), to Marine Casualty Reports (uscg.mil), in response to the Report of Investigation (ROI) into the capsizing of an inflatable Zodiac excursion vessel launched from the foreign cruise ship WORLD EXPLORER, while on a sightseeing tour off the coast of Elephant Island, Antarctica, which resulted in the loss of two U.S. passenger lives on Nov. 15th, 2022.

April 3, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard Releases the Final Action Memo (FAM) and Marine Board Final Report of Investigation Regarding the Stretch Duck 7 Sinking with the Loss of 17 Lives

The Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis (CG-INV) recently posted the FAM and Final Report of Investigation to the Marine Casualty Reports (uscg.mil) website. On July 19, 2018, the amphibious small passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 sank during a heavy weather incident on Table Rock Lake near Branson, MO, resulting in the tragic loss of 16 passengers and 1 crewmember.

Feb. 6, 2024

Norway Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) Report Marine 2023/06 into the Circumstances Surrounding the Casualty and Loss of Life Onboard the Cruise Ship Viking Polaris

The Coast Guard’s Office of Investigations and Casualty Analysis (CG-INV) recently posted NSIA Report Marine 2023/06 to Marine Casualty Reports (uscg.mil) regarding a marine casualty involving the cruise ship VIKING POLARIS southeast of Cape Horn, Chile, which resulted in multiple injuries to passengers and the loss of one life on Nov. 29, 2022.