CAPE FEAR

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG East District (CGD-E)

CAPE FEAR is a 1988 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2025.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 March 2025.

Built: 1988
Last inspected: 4 March 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 5
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

938132

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316429

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-316429

Coast Guard record current through 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 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 2016.

Inspections, by type

Recorded inspections5

…administrative events5

Years with a record 5 calendar years (2016–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. The counts in the strip above are the same counts; this table splits the inspections by the kind of activity recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)63.0 ft × 20.5 ft × 9.0 ft

Registered tonnagegross 77 / net 62

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderPANHANDLE CUSTOM MARINE · PANAMA CITY FL, UNITED STATES · built 1988

Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)

PropulsionUNSPECIFIED

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portWILMINGTON, NC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 3 September 2025 · expires 31 August 2026

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 it62 - Simplified, Net Ton
77 - Simplified, Gross Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

Vessel history report

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 5

4 March 2025 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8087792

16 March 2023 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7651758

3 March 2021 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7149468

12 March 2018 Administrative Inspection · ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6370429

23 March 2016 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 5838701

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.