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R/V PRAIRIE SPRINGS

R/V PRAIRIE SPRINGS is a 2023 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 2 inspections since 2024, most recently in June 2026.

Records from 2024 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 16 June 2026.

Built
2023
Last inspected
16 June 2026
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

1851327
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-1851327

Inspections, by type

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 1980–2026 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.
The 2 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.

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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)32.0 ft × 10.0 ft × 2.5 ft
Registered tonnagegross 5 / net 5
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderWILLIAM E MUNSON CO INC · BURLINGTON, WA, UNITED STATES · built 2023
Hull materialAluminum
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portLA CROSSE, WI
Trade endorsementsRecreational
DocumentationValid · issued 31 October 2024 · expires 31 October 2029
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 it5 - Simplified, Gross Ton
5 - Simplified, Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.

Radio station licence

No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of 6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.

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. Reports.

Inspection history · 2

16 June 2026 ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8406012
10 July 2024 ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Marine Safety Detachment St. Paul · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 8026482

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.