BRONE EXPLORER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1960s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

BRONE EXPLORER is a 1965 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 1983, most recently in January 2009, along with 8 deficiencies.

Records from 1983 to 2009. Most recent: inspection, 13 January 2009.

Built: 1965
Last inspected: 13 January 2009
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

298030

IMO number

7101322 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WU9749

MISLE id

234775

Flag

NIGERIA

MMSI

—

Maury page id

psix-234775

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events10

…with no type recorded5

Years with a record 16 calendar years (1983–2009)

The 21 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 17 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 it297 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
692 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
202 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
207 - 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

WCB3846MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 22 October 1998, cancelled 27 December 2008 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)

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 2 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 · 21

13 January 2009 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3393493

3 May 2006 Security Plan Amendment Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2639745

4 May 2005 Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2348938

21 June 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2105826

25 May 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6476

14 November 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1121204

13 June 1997 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 775720

23 May 1994 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1172903

27 July 1992 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1266465

16 July 1991 Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1248418

21 June 1991 Damage Survey

Physical examination · MSO ANCHORAGE · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 939502

7 June 1991 COI Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1207767

28 June 1990 Re-Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 932137

7 August 1989 Administrative

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1207924

24 July 1989 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Valdez · USCG Arctic District (CGD-A) · Activity 1344271

9 June 1989 Hull Examination · COI Inspection

Physical examination · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1201457

9 July 1987 Administrative

Administrative · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1012329

11 December 1986 Administrative

Administrative · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1030011

10 May 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 982117

6 April 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1284245

6 April 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1273557

Deficiency record · 8

Construction/Loadline

Issued 21 June 1991 Resolved

IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS DRAIN WATER, CLEAN OUT, AND WELD UP OR INSERT AS NEEDED: AFT END OF PORT SKEG ON BOTTOM; RUB RAIL, PORT SIDE, ABOUT FR 26.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 August 1991
Resolved 15 August 1991

Construction/Loadline

Issued 21 June 1991 Resolved

MAKE THE FOLLOWING REPAIRS: REPLACE AS ORIGINAL THE DAMAGED AREA AT THE BOW; CROP AND RENEW AROUND THE HOLE FORWARD OF THE BOW THRUSTER, PORT SIDE,AN AREA ABOUT 18" BY 36".

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 August 1991
Resolved 15 August 1991

Construction/Loadline

Issued 21 June 1991 Resolved

IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS GOUGE OUT TO GOOD METAL AND WELD UP: THE CRACK ON STARBOARD SIDE OF KEEL ABOUT 6 FEET AFT OF BOW THRUSTER; PUNCTURE ON BOTTOMNEAR KEEL ON STARBOARD SIDE NEAR KEEL ABOUT FRAME 17.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 August 1991
Resolved 15 August 1991

Engineering

Issued 7 June 1991 Resolved

MAKE OPERABLE AND TEST #3 GEN OVERSPEED TRIP.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 June 1991
Resolved 7 June 1991

Electrical

Issued 7 June 1991 Resolved

MAKE LIGHTS IN MAIN ELECTRICAL PANEL OPERABLE.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 June 1991
Resolved 7 June 1991

Construction/Loadline

Issued 7 June 1991 Resolved

MAKE BALLAST PUMP OPERABLE.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 June 1991
Resolved 7 June 1991

Documentation

Issued 7 June 1991 Resolved

UPDATE ALL VESSEL DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE EXPIRED DATES.

Condition: Unknown
Due 7 June 1991
Resolved 7 June 1991

Accommodation/Occupational Safety

Issued 24 July 1989 Resolved

REMOVE ALL ADDED BUNKS AND BULKHEADS, RETURN VESSEL TO ORIGINAL DECK ARRANGEMENT. INSTRUMENT AND NAVIGATION ROOMS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR BERTHING, CAPTAINS ROOM MAYBE USED ONCED RETURNED TO ORIGINAL CONFIGURATIONALL EXCESS BEDDING MUST BE REMOVE PRIOR TO LEAVING VALDEZ, ALASKA.

Condition: Unknown
Due 24 July 1989
Resolved 24 July 1989

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.