RICHARD BARBER is a 2013 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2017, most recently in July 2025, along with 3 deficiencies.
Records from 2017 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 8 July 2025.
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.
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 · 5
8 July 2025ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8246967
26 October 2023ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7816225
12 October 2021ORV Letter of Designation · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7326440
22 October 2019ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6829593
24 October 2017Administrative Inspection · ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment Fort Macon · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6293793
09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Safe means of access
Issued 12 October 2021Resolved
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 2021Resolved
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 2021Resolved
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.