POLAR PRINCESS is a 1985 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 1997, most recently in January 2000, along with 4 deficiencies and 1 operational control.
Records from 1997 to 2000. Most recent: operational control imposed, 26 January 2000.
The 5 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 26 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 it2508 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 752 - 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 · 5
26 January 2000Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 274172
27 June 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSU GALVESTON · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 405254
26 March 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 52629
26 March 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 757449
25 March 1997Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO JACKSONVILLE · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 205801
Vessel was having Gyro Compass repaired during boarding due to overheating and cooling fan coming on.
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 February 2000
Resolved 1 February 2000
Documentation
Issued 26 January 2000Resolved
Vessel did not have a valid COFR.
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 February 2000
Resolved 1 February 2000
Construction/Loadline
Issued 26 January 2000Resolved
Vessel did not have properly working oily water seperator at 15 ppm.
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 February 2000
Resolved 1 February 2000
Lifesaving
Issued 26 January 2000Resolved
Vessel did not have a current hydrostatic testing of life rafts.
Condition: Unknown
Due 1 February 2000
Resolved 1 February 2000
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.
