CAPE FEAR

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Other hulls named CAPE FEAR

CAPE FEAR is a 1988 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 14 inspections since 1994, most recently in March 2025, along with 1 deficiency.

Records from 1994 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 4 March 2025.

Built: 1988
Last inspected: 4 March 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 14
Deficiencies: 1 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Inspected with: 1 other vessel

Identity

938132

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316429

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

367712460

Maury page id

psix-316429

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations5

…administrative events7

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 14 calendar years (1994–2025)

The 14 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)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)

PropulsionNot recorded

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 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

WDI5831MMSI 367712460 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 7 January 2026, expires 28 January 2036

WUU9334MMSI not assigned · expired · voluntarily equipped · granted 20 June 1996, cancelled 12 August 2006 · 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.

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.

TRIPLE CHAS Commercial Fishing Vessel · MISLE 209947 · 2 May 1994 · activity 115059

Inspection history · 14

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

27 August 2015 Type not recorded

No type recorded · USCGC CUSHING (WPB 1321) · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5228147

8 May 2012 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector North Carolina · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 4306928

21 May 2008 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 3212549

25 August 2005 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Wilmington · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 2467890

25 August 2003 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1815820

20 August 2001 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1460560

31 August 1999 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1031434

21 August 1997 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO WILMINGTON · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1119052

2 May 1994 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 115059

Deficiency record · 1

Communications › Radio Communications › EPIRB

Issued 21 May 2008 Resolved

Hydrostatic Release for EPIRB expired.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 1 June 2008
Resolved 29 June 2008
Resolution: Procured new hydrostatic release for EPIRB

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.