OCEAN LEADER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Other hulls named OCEAN LEADER

OCEAN LEADER is a 1985 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 1991, most recently in December 2005, along with 1 casualty investigation in 2006.

Records from 1991 to 2006. Most recent: casualty investigation, 1 December 2006.

Built: 1985
Last inspected: 5 December 2005
Documentation: No Operation - PM · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2006
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

US Official No.

679511

IMO number

8422333 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WDA4981

MISLE id

249900

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

369012000 (licence lapsed)

Maury page id

psix-249900

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations3

…administrative events4

…with no type recorded8

Years with a record 9 calendar years (1991–2005)

The 15 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 21 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

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)202.2 ft × 42.0 ft × 15.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 299 / net 203

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)202.2 ft × 42.0 ft × 15.0 ft

ITC tonnagegross 2,056 / net 616

BuilderLEEVAC SHIPYARDS · JENNINGS, LA, UNITED STATES · built 1985

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionNot recorded

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portKETCHIKAN, AK

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted, Registry

DocumentationNo Operation - PM · issued 29 April 2009 · expires 30 June 2009

Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it299 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2056 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
203 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
616 - 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 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

WDA4981MMSI 369012000 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 12 June 2001, cancelled 13 August 2011

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.

Inspected as a tow unit · 1

The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.

NHA TRANG II Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 417453 · 11 January 1998 · activity 88501

Inspection history · 15

5 December 2005 MTSA/ISPS Verification

Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2546004

18 April 2005 Uninspected Other · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2336590

16 August 2004 Security Plan Review - VSP

Administrative · Marine Safety Center (MSC) · Activity 2167669

22 April 2003 Administrative Inspection · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1780388

2 February 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 12552

4 September 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 802610

25 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 182977

11 January 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 88501

18 September 1996 Administrative

Administrative · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 960131

20 September 1995 Administrative

Administrative · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 872159

2 June 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 203441

2 June 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 753724

24 January 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 647692

21 January 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 27414

11 July 1991 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 940775

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.

Casualty record · 1

1 December 2006Major Marine Casualty · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · serious marine incident, as classified · 2 injured · activity 2834176

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, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. 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.