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FAIRFIELD EXPLORER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

FAIRFIELD EXPLORER is a 1980 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1989, most recently in June 2004.

Records from 1989 to 2004. Most recent: inspection, 9 June 2004.

Built
1980
Last inspected
9 June 2004
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections
16
Deficiencies
0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.
619902
IMO number
7908160 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here
Call sign
WCP8239
MISLE id
183180
Flag
UNITED STATES
MMSI
367047000 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-183180

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1
…administrative events5
…with no type recorded10
Years with a record 10 calendar years (1989–2004)
The 16 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.

This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 22 years ago. Maury shows what the Coast Guard recorded, not whether the vessel has been inspected since, is still in service, or what condition it is in. 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 it295 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
1466 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
201 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
439 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
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

WCP8239MMSI 367047000 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 31 January 1995, cancelled 2 April 2005
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown. A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 16

9 June 2004 Damage Survey
Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2093743
16 March 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2025466
5 February 2004 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2025352
5 February 2002 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1484125
31 July 2000 Administrative
Administrative · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1365897
15 November 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 84368
15 November 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 141941
26 February 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU LAKE CHARLES · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 52513
27 January 1999 Type not recorded
No type recorded · CGC POINT BAKER · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1509230
18 April 1997 Administrative
Administrative · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1107019
28 August 1996 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 124572
25 April 1995 Administrative
Administrative · MSO HOUSTON/GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1173947
11 August 1993 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 23410
9 July 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 643684
3 July 1992 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 152525
8 November 1989 Administrative
Administrative · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 903064

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.