RICHARD BARBER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

RICHARD BARBER is a 2013 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 2015, most recently in July 2025, along with 3 deficiencies.

Records from 2015 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 July 2025.

Built: 2013
Last inspected: 8 July 2025
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 6
Deficiencies: 3 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

—

—

—

1275760

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

—

Maury page id

psix-1275760

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events5

Years with a record 6 calendar years (2015–2025)

The 6 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.

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 itNot recorded

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 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. Reports.

Inspection history · 6

8 July 2025 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8246967

26 October 2023 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7816225

12 October 2021 ORV Letter of Designation · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7326440

22 October 2019 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6829593

24 October 2017 Administrative Inspection · ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6293793

16 October 2015 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5744369

Deficiency record · 3

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Safe means of access

Issued 12 October 2021 Resolved

Non skid needs to be replaced (slipping issue). Due date 12Nov21

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 12 November 2021
Resolved 31 October 2021
Resolution: Media blasting to remove old non skid and created new non skid surfaces to install.

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine

Issued 12 October 2021 Resolved

Port aft fuel tank primer bulbs clamps were loose.

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 12 October 2021
Resolved 18 October 2021
Resolution: The fuel clamps were all inspected and properly tighten.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Cargo & other hatchways

Issued 12 October 2021 Resolved

Aft port lid closure broken.

Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 12 October 2021
Resolved 18 October 2021
Resolution: The closure was replaced in-kind.

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.