GEO CHALLENGER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

GEO CHALLENGER is a 2000 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2009, most recently in January 2010, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2009 to 2010. Most recent: inspection, 12 January 2010.

Built: 2000
Last inspected: 12 January 2010
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9194115 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LAPI5

MISLE id

1049392

Flag

NORWAY

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-1049392

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations2

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2009–2010)

The 2 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 16 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 13 September 2026, retrieved 18 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Research Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it2139 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
3089 - Dead Weight, Ton
2139 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
7127 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
7127 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton

This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 1 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. Reports.

Inspection history · 2

12 January 2010 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3662555

15 December 2009 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3646888

Deficiency record · 2

Engineering › Lubricating Oil Storage/Transfer System › Piping

Issued 15 December 2009 Resolved

Hydraulic tank number 44 for old hydraulic system for cable layer is now filled with main diesel engine oil, and has a flexible hose attached to piping connecting tank to fill the main diesel engine lube oil system without approval from the certificate issuing authority.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 January 2010
Resolved 12 January 2010
Resolution: Received survey report. Deficiency cleared.

Lifesaving › Lifebuoys › Stowage

Issued 15 December 2009 Resolved

Vessel is not equipped with lifebuoy quick release arrangement from the navigational bridge.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 14 January 2010
Resolved 12 January 2010
Resolution: Received survey report. Deficiency 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.