SOUNDGUARDIAN

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

SOUNDGUARDIAN is a 2016 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2018, most recently in September 2024, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2018 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 4 September 2024.

Built: 2016
Last inspected: 4 September 2024
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 4 September 2024

Recorded inspections4

…administrative events4

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2018–2024)

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.

Identity

1268306

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WDI8675

1358401

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1358401

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)45.2 ft × 18.0 ft × 6.3 ft

Registered tonnagegross 34 / net 27

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderVIGOR KVICHAK LLC · Seattle, WA, UNITED STATES · built 2016

Hull materialAluminum

PropulsionDiesel

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portSEATTLE, WA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationValid · issued 28 May 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel

Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)

Tonnage as PSIX records it27 - Simplified, Net Ton
34 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 2026, matched to this hull on its Official Number. Registered and ITC measurements are two systems and are never combined. One snapshot is held so far; documentation history begins with the next.

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 · 4

4 September 2024 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7992394

25 August 2022 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7512256

2 September 2020 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7042538

21 September 2018 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6545870

Deficiency record · 2

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Means of escape

Issued 4 September 2024 Resolved

Found port and starboard bunk room escape hatches seized shut.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 September 2024
Resolved 5 September 2024
Resolution: Escape hatches were lubricated. Master sent video of crew utiziling escape hatches as designed.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 4 September 2024 Resolved

Found both port and starboard ring life buoys had expired floating light batteries.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 4 September 2024
Resolved 5 September 2024
Resolution: Master replaced batteries in floating lights.

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.