OSPREY EXPLORER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

OSPREY EXPLORER is a 1985 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 1993, most recently in March 2019, along with 5 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 1993 to 2019. Most recent: inspection, 18 March 2019.

Built: 1985
Last inspected: 18 March 2019
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 11
Deficiencies: 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

8416906 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

P3DD8

MISLE id

385692

Flag

CYPRUS

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-385692

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded3

Years with a record 6 calendar years (1993–2019)

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 7 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it1056 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
3517 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
1056 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
3517 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
2056 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton
4820 - Displacement, Metric 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.

Inspection history · 11

18 March 2019 PII Safety Exam · ISPS III Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6640964

8 February 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6622531

26 January 2019 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6615376

10 July 2018 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Port Arthur · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6464504

21 August 2014 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4987408

18 August 2014 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4949745

13 September 2011 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Sector Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4143990

28 October 2006 STCW 95 Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2809833

15 October 2006 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Houston/Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2800940

8 November 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO PORT ARTHUR · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 362229

27 August 1993 Type not recorded

No type recorded · COTP NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 360517

Deficiency record · 5

Pollution Prevention/Response › Prevention Equipment › Oily Water Separator (15 ppm)

Issued 18 August 2014 Resolved

1730 - Oily-water separating equipment - Oil filtering equip shall be of a design approved by Admin, in considering design, Admin shall have regard to specs recommended by Org. Oil content meter desiccator was white in color. OWS manual states if desiccator are light blue or white it should be replaced. The vessel did not have spares on board. MARPOL 73/78 cons. (11) Annex I/14.6

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 17 September 2014
Resolved 21 August 2014
Resolution: Received attestation statement from the Master of the vessel stating that vessel received spare desiccators and one was installed on the oil-filtering equipment.

Documentation › Manuals/Policy Documentation › Transfer Procedures

Issued 28 October 2006 Resolved

Vessel's Oil Transfer Procedures were incomplete. Vessel needs to update Oil Transfer Procedures prior to next bunkering operations in the US. Transfer Procedures are to meet the requirements to the satisfaction of attending marine inspector of local OCMI.

Action required: 703 - Prior to bunkering operations
Resolved 28 October 2006
Resolution: Recieved Master''s attestation and copy of the vessel''s Oil Transfer Procedures in the USCG format.

Documentation › Safety/Response Plans/Programs › Vessel Response Plan

Issued 28 October 2006 Resolved

Vessel has not submitted a Non-Tank Vessel, Vessel Response Plan to the USCG. Vessel is to submit a V.R.P. prior to next US port after sailing foreign. NVIC 01-05 & CG Marine Transportation Act 2004.

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Resolved 16 March 2011
Resolution: Vessel had valid Non-Tank VRP on board issued on 02Mar2011

Navigation

Issued 27 August 1993 Resolved

VESSELS BLOCK DIAGRAM OF EMERGENCY STEERING NOT AVAILABLE ON BRIDGE OR STEERING ROOM.

Condition: Unknown
Due 9 December 1993
Resolved 9 December 1993

Navigation

Issued 27 August 1993 Resolved

CHARTS 12326 41ST ED, 12327 86TH ED, 12334 59TH ED, 12335 33RD ED NOT CORRECTED TO NOTICE OF MARINERS FROM THE EDITION OF CHART TO PRESENT.

Condition: Unknown
Due 23 November 1993
Resolved 23 November 1993

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.