ROYAL TERN

Oil Recovery · Miscellaneous Vessel class · Built 1990s · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

ROYAL TERN is a 1990 oil recovery. The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2016, most recently in September 2025, along with 2 deficiencies.

Records from 2016 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 25 September 2025.

Built: 1990
Last inspected: 25 September 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

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 Miscellaneous Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 25 September 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations14

…administrative events1

Deficiencies 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it 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.

Identity

970612

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WDD4659

355320

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-355320

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)71.5 ft × 20.0 ft × 9.1 ft

Registered tonnagegross 87 / net 69

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderDAKOTA CREEK INDUSTRIES · ANACORTES WA, UNITED STATES · built 1990

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeShip

Hull configurationMonohull

Hailing portSEATTLE, WA

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 19 November 2025 · expires 30 November 2026

Service, as the file records itOil Recovery

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

Tonnage as PSIX records it87 - Simplified, Gross Ton
69 - Simplified, Net 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 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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 15

25 September 2025 Appeal · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8215914

16 September 2025 Internal Structural Exam · Cargo Tank Internal · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8228778

3 October 2024 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 8014130

17 August 2023 Cargo Tank Internal · Internal Structural Exam · Drydock Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7771574

26 July 2023 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7757041

12 October 2022 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7579761

5 October 2021 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7317372

5 October 2020 Administrative Inspection · COI Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7064312

22 September 2020 Cargo Tank Internal · Underwater Inspection in lieu of Drydock · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 7062308

1 October 2019 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6825916

8 September 2018 Administrative Inspection · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6535775

8 August 2018 Plan Review "T" Boat · Internal Structural Exam · Ballast Water Examination · Drydock Exam · Administrative Inspection · Cargo Tank Internal

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6495900

11 October 2017 Periodic Inspection · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6281977

30 September 2016 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6021221

5 May 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 5870086

Deficiency record · 2

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)

Issued 25 September 2025 Resolved

All controls, safety devices, and other control system equipment must be tested and inspected to verify their proper design, construction, installation, and operation. Auxiliary boiler requires periodic safety test procedures. Submit test procedures IAW 46 CFR 61.35-3 for OCMI approval.

Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 31 October 2025
Resolved 10 December 2025
Resolution: PSTP for boiler received. All Sat

01 - Certificates & Documentation › 013 - Documents › Shipboard working arrangements

Issued 17 October 2018 Resolved

Vessel is required to submit drawings, sketches, or written specifications describing the details of any proposed alterations to the cognizant OCMI. Vessel does not have approved drawings for new sewage holding tank and electric water heater installations. Vessel must submit plans to MSC by the end of the calendar year.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 31 December 2018
Resolved 15 February 2019
Resolution: MSC Plan Review Letters E1-1900257 and E2-1904881

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.