DAVID PACKARD

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

DAVID PACKARD is a 2024 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2022, most recently in April 2026, along with 4 deficiencies, 1 operational control and 3 casualty investigations in 2025.

Records from 2022 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 13 April 2026.

Built: 2024
Last inspected: 13 April 2026
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 3 investigations · 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.

Inspection record

Last inspected 13 April 2026

Recorded inspections11

…physical examinations4

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 4 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 3 calendar years (2022–2026)

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

1336426

9955234

WDN7986

1712604

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-1712604

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)157.4 ft × 42.0 ft × 18.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 1,390 / net 418

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)157.4 ft × 42.0 ft × 18.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 1,390 / net 418

BuilderCONSTRUCCIONES NAVALES P FREIRE S A · Vigo, SPAIN · built 2024

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Electric

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portMOSS LANDING, CA

Trade endorsementsRegistry

DocumentationValid · issued 3 March 2026 · expires 30 April 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 it1390 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
384 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
418 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.

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Inspection history · 11

13 April 2026 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8347033

13 November 2025 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8268078

22 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8238868

20 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8241207

9 September 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8230975

9 September 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8231690

6 August 2025 Annual Inspection · ACP Annual Oversight · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8203845

12 March 2025 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8092459

12 March 2025 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8099910

4 March 2025 Damage Survey

Physical examination · Sector New Orleans · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8088087

11 February 2022 Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection · ACP Handover Survey · ACP COI Oversight · COI Inspection · MTSA/ISPS Verification · Construction Oversight · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Activities Europe · Activity 7394589

Deficiency record · 4

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances

Issued 6 August 2025 Resolved

It shall be the duty of the owner, master, or person in charge to require and have performed at least once in every 12 months the tests and inspections of all..fixed fire extinguishing systems on board as described in Table 189.25-20(a)(2). Fixed fire extinguishing system on board was due for annual servicing in May 2025 and has not been completed. 46 CFR 196.15-60

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 19 August 2025
Resolution: Operator provided sat servicing report.

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches

Issued 25 May 2024 Resolved

For a period of 18 h, emergency lighting: .4 at all stowage positions for firemen’s outfits. Upper fire locker was not supplied with emergency lighting.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 June 2024
Resolved 28 July 2024
Resolution: Verified E lighting present and provided from emergency bus

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (fire safety)

Issued 25 May 2024 Resolved

Waste receptacles shall be constructed of non-combustible materials with no openings in the sides or bottom. Plastic trash were found onboard.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 25 June 2024
Resolved 2 July 2024

09 - Working and Living Conditions › 092 - Working Conditions › Electrical

Issued 25 May 2024 Resolved

Cable support should be steel and corrosion treated if not corrosion-resistant material. The support for all cables should be such to prevent undue sag, but in no case should exceed the distance between frames or 610 mm, which ever is less.

Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 June 2024
Resolved 28 July 2024
Resolution: Verified metal banding supports installed.

Casualty record · 3

12 March 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · 1 injured · activity 8099910

9 September 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8230975

20 September 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8241207

Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.

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.