WESTERN ATLAS is a 1982 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 1995, most recently in March 2001, along with 5 deficiencies.
Records from 1995 to 2001. Most recent: inspection, 9 March 2001.
The 11 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 25 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.
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Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it2450 - Dead Weight, Ton 3390 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 1017 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), 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
No FCC ship-station licence is recorded against this Official Number in the file of
6 September 2026. That is a fact about the licence file, not about the radio.
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 · 11
9 March 2001Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 287979
26 February 2001Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 287252
20 January 1999Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 425348
12 December 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 410930
21 February 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 398992
19 September 1996Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 395629
30 August 1996Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 394958
11 September 1995Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 198678
11 September 1995Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 198679
11 September 1995Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 753119
11 September 1995Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 754080
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM THE PORT OF GALVESTON HAVE THE HYDROSTATIC RELEASE ON THE EPIRB INSPECTED AND CERTIFIED.
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 March 2001
Resolved 9 March 2001
Fire Fighting
Issued 26 February 2001Resolved
PRIOR TO DEPARTURE FROM THE PORT OF GALVESTON CONDUCT A SATISFACTORY FIRE AN ABANDONSHIP DRILL.
Condition: Unknown
Due 9 March 2001
Resolved 9 March 2001
Documentation
Issued 30 August 1996Resolved
PROVIDE PANAMA CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY FOR THE [name withheld] OFFICER.
Condition: Unknown
Due 25 February 1997
Resolved 25 February 1997
Engineering
Issued 30 August 1996Resolved
REPAIR AND PROVE OPERATION OF THE OILY WATER SEPARATOR .
Condition: Unknown
Due 25 February 1997
Resolved 25 February 1997
Documentation
Issued 30 August 1996Resolved
PROVIDE IOPP AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATES.
Condition: Unknown
Due 19 September 1996
Resolved 19 September 1996
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.
