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AMERICAN PROMISE

AMERICAN PROMISE is a 1985 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections since 2014, most recently in May 2018.

Records from 2014 to 2018. Most recent: inspection, 10 May 2018.

Built
1985
Last inspected
10 May 2018
Documentation
Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

Identity

259852
Flag
UNITED STATES
367605910 (licence lapsed)
Maury page id
psix-259852

Inspections, by type

…with no type recorded1
Years with a record 3 calendar years (2014–2018)
The 3 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 8 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)60.0 ft × 17.1 ft × 10.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 51 / net 46
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderLITTLE HARBOR BOAT YARD · MARBLEHEAD, MA, UNITED STATES · built 1985
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionNot recorded
Hull shapeSail (Distinct Keel)
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portROCKLAND, ME
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 5 June 2026 · expires 30 June 2027
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 it51 - Simplified, Gross Ton
46 - 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

WDH3259MMSI 367605910 · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 14 February 2014, cancelled 20 April 2024
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 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 · 3

10 May 2018 Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 6411113
12 May 2016 Administrative Inspection · ORV Letter of Designation
Administrative · Sector Northern New England · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 5875077
6 June 2014 Type not recorded
No type recorded · Station Gloucester · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4881531

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.