WG COOK is a research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2016, most recently in October 2017, along with 4 deficiencies — 4 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 2016 to 2017. Most recent: inspection, 31 October 2017.
This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 9 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 Research Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
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.
Tonnage as PSIX records it6599 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 4028 - Displacement, Ton 3508 - Dead Weight, Ton 1980 - Convention (Subpart B), 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 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. What a sparse-record report looks like.
Inspection history · 3
31 October 2017Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PI Safety Exam
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6284655
4 October 2016Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6015966
30 September 2016PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam
Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5940337
No person may cause a vessel to enter into or get underway on the navigable waters of the U.S. unless, no more than 12 hours before entering or getting underway, the vessel conducts vessel checks IAW 33 CFR 164.25. Prior to entering the port of Mobile, the vessel's crew failed to conduct the required pre-arrival checks.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Operations/Management › Pollution › Compliance with Transfer Procedures
Issued 30 September 2016No resolution recorded
A vessel with a capacity of 250 or more barrels of oil shall provide transfer procedures that include the contents listed in 33 CFR 155.750. Sufficient transfer procedures were not provided.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Documentation › Logs/Records › Oil Record Book
Issued 30 September 2016No resolution recorded
The quantities of oil residues retained in the tanks listed in item 3.1 of Form A of the Supplement to the IOPP should be recorded weekly in the oil record book. No weekly sounding for the incinerator sludge tank were recorded in the oil record book.
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Operations/Management › Ballast Water Managment › Submission of Report
Issued 30 September 2016No resolution recorded
Vessels must submit ballast water report information to NBIC. Vessel failed to submit required ballast water report. 33 CFR 151.2060(b)(3)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
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.