HAPPY TAILS

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2010s · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL)

HAPPY TAILS is a 2017 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2024, most recently in June 2026.

Records from 2024 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 12 June 2026.

Built: 2017
Last inspected: 12 June 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 2
Deficiencies: 0 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 12 June 2026

Recorded inspections2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 2 calendar years (2024–2026)

This is a sparse record, and that is what the archive holds. 2 inspections recorded in 2024 and 2026, and no deficiencies were written. This vessel does not appear elsewhere in the 2016–2026 record for its class. An absent record is not evidence of compliance, and it is not evidence of a problem — it is the absence of a record.

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

1293642

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1547229

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1547229

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)34.8 ft × 11.3 ft × 5.8 ft

Registered tonnagegross 15 / net 12

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderREC BOAT HOLDINGS LLC · CADILLAC, MI, UNITED STATES · built 2017

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portELLISON BAY, WI

Trade endorsementsRecreational

DocumentationValid · issued 13 January 2022 · expires 31 January 2027

Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it15 - Simplified, Gross Ton
12 - Simplified, Net 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 0 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 · 2

12 June 2026 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 8403181

5 August 2024 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Sturgeon Bay · USCG Great Lakes District (CGD-GL) · Activity 7975087

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

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.