GECO TAU

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

GECO TAU is a 1982 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 16 inspections since 1995, most recently in February 2009, along with 9 deficiencies.

Records from 1995 to 2009. Most recent: inspection, 1 February 2009.

Built: 1982
Last inspected: 1 February 2009
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 16
Deficiencies: 9 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

8028541 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

HP-7673

MISLE id

408105

Flag

PANAMA

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-408105

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…with no type recorded10

Years with a record 10 calendar years (1995–2009)

The 16 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 17 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 it2751 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
1098 - Dead Weight, Ton
2128 - Displacement, 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 · 16

1 February 2009 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3402658

14 November 2008 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3357730

28 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3220627

16 May 2008 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3205282

15 May 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3220015

11 April 2007 Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2905677

16 October 2003 Annual Inspection

Physical examination · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1929770

25 April 2002 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1609786

26 November 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 190446

5 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 52182

5 July 2001 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 291501

13 April 1999 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 427563

3 August 1998 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 134158

7 November 1997 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 409840

13 June 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 685572

9 June 1995 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO MORGAN CITY · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 53067

Deficiency record · 9

Construction/Loadline › Hull › Side Shell

Issued 16 May 2008 Resolved

Observed a fracture in the side shell on the STBD side at the forecastle and heli deck, just aft of the mooring choke near the AFFF station. The fracture is in the side shell where it extends above the deck and runs the length above the deck. the fracture does not appear to have propagated into the deck.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 November 2008
Resolution: Rectified to the satisfaction of class and examined by the attending Coast Guard inspector.

Documentation › Certificates/Documents › International Tonnage Certificate

Issued 16 May 2008 Resolved

The international tonnage certificate is missing an entry in the remarks section in accordance with IMO resolution 758(18). The vessel is using net tonnage for applicability to life saving requirement for lifeboats. The requirement by Panama is for vessels greater the 1600 GRT to have life boats. Vessel is using National Gross Tonnage and needs to have a remark stating this.

Condition: Unknown
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Resolved 14 November 2008
Resolution: Remarks on international tonnage certificate attest to the vessel''s use of national gross tonnage.

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

Issued 16 May 2008 Resolved

Vessel has not prepared nor submitted a non-tank vessel response plan to the U.S. Coast Guard for approval. 33 USC 1321(j)(5)

Condition: Unknown
Due 19 May 2009
Resolved 14 November 2008
Resolution: Vessel has provided evidence that non-tank vessel response plan has been submitted to the Coast Guard for approval.

Operations/Management › Cargo Transfer/Lightering › Vessel Transfer Procedures on Hand

Issued 11 April 2007 Resolved

Vessel did not have Transfer Procedures onboard IAW 33CFR155.720

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 16 May 2007
Resolved 14 November 2008
Resolution: Transfer procedures are now onboard vessel.

Navigation

Issued 5 July 2001 Resolved

PRIOR TO NEXT US PORT PROCURE TIDAL CURRENT TABLES. SOLAS 74/78 V/20.

Condition: Unknown
Due 6 July 2001
Resolved 25 April 2002
Resolution: CLEARED.

Navigation

Issued 5 July 2001 Resolved

PRIOR TO NEXT US PORT REPAIR AND CALIBRATE GYRO AND REPEATERS. SOLAS 74/78 I/11. GYRO REPEATERS ON BRIDGE WINGS WERE INOPERABLE.

Condition: Unknown
Due 6 July 2001
Resolved 25 April 2002
Resolution: CLEARED.

Navigation

Issued 5 July 2001 Resolved

PRIOR TO NEXT US PORT COMPLETE INSTALLATION OF NAVTEX. VESSEL HAD WORK ORDER TO REINSTALL NAVTEX ON BRIDGE._x001C_ SOLAS 74/78 IV/7.1.4_x001C_

Condition: Unknown
Due 6 July 2001
Resolved 25 April 2002
Resolution: CLEARED.

Lifesaving

Issued 13 April 1999 Resolved

Provide satisfactory fire and abandon ship drills prior to departing port.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 April 1999
Resolved 19 April 1999

Documentation

Issued 13 April 1999 Resolved

Provide a first engineer IAW the Minimum Safe Manning Certificate prior to departing port.

Condition: Unknown
Due 15 April 1999
Resolved 19 April 1999

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.