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USNS BOWDITCH
Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1940s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named USNS BOWDITCH
USNS BOWDITCH is a 1945 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 1984, most recently in July 1997, along with 6 deficiencies.
Records from 1984 to 1997. Most recent: inspection, 25 July 1997.
- Built
- 1945
- Last inspected
- 25 July 1997
- Documentation
- Invalid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
- Deficiencies
- 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
Identity
248303
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42210
Flag
UNITED STATES
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Maury page id
psix-42210
Inspections, by type
…with no type recorded3
Years with a record
5 calendar years (1984–1997)
The 10 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 29 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
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)439.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 7,606 / net 4,549
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
Builderbuilt 1945
Hull materialSteel
PropulsionSteam Turbine
Hull shapeNot recorded
Hull configurationNot recorded
Hailing portNot recorded
Trade endorsementsNot recorded
DocumentationInvalid
Service, as the file records itResearch Vessel
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it7606 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
4549 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
4549 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 September 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.
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 · 10
25 July 1997
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 81684
3 December 1987
Administrative
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1335216
8 June 1987
Administrative
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1028551
8 October 1986
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1009307
26 September 1986
Re-Inspection
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1005273
1 December 1985
Type not recorded
No type recorded · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 998381
5 November 1985
Deficiency Check
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 993237
1 November 1985
COI Inspection
Physical examination · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1300984
30 June 1985
Credit Drydock
Administrative · ACTIVITIES NEW YORK · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 1300983
14 November 1984
Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1286418
Deficiency record · 6
Electrical
Issued 26 September 1986
Resolved
SUBMIT PLANS FOR APPROVAL OF THE AC DIESEL GENERATOR SET AND ELECTRICAL ARRANGEMENT TO THE COAST GUARD MERCHANT MARINE TECHNICAL OFFICE IN WASHINGTON, DC.
Lifesaving
Issued 26 September 1986
Resolved
THE VSL'S MASTER SHALL BEFORE OPERATING VSL NOTIFY [name withheld] THAT 4-25 PERS. USCG APP'VD & CERTIFIED L/R IN ADD'T TO 7 L/R REQ'D BY THE VSL'S COI TO RE-PLACE 2 L/B UNDER REPAIR ARE ONBOARD & PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VSL MAY NOT SAIL UNDER THE ABOVE CONDITIONS AFTER 30 OCTOBER 1986.
Lifesaving
Issued 26 September 1986
Resolved
MAKE PROPER REPAIRS TO AND MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND TESTING THE VESSELS TWO OAR PROPELLED LIFEBOATS BY A U.S. COAST GUARD MARINE INSPECTOR PRIOR TO 30 OCTOBER 1986.
Engineering
Issued 1 November 1985
Resolved
PROVE DC HEATER RELIEF VALVE TO BE 25 LB. VALUE AND TEST OR RENEW VALVE ANDTEST.
Electrical
Issued 1 November 1985
Resolved
PROVIDE PERMANENT CIRCUIT ID TAGS FOR UNMARKED CIRCUITS ON MG ROOM SWITCH- BOARD.
Electrical
Issued 1 November 1985
Resolved
REMOVE OR TERMINATE IN A JUNCTION BOX THE DEAD ENDED ELECTRICAL CABLES IN THE ENGINE ROOM, ONE ABOVE MAIN SWITCHBOARD AND ONE ABOVE EVAPORATOR.
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.