FAIRFIELD ENCOUNTER is a 1973 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 5 inspections since 2002, most recently in September 2016, along with 1 deficiency and 1 casualty investigation in 2002.
Records from 2002 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 29 September 2016.
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 10 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.
Share this recordDownload vessel cardDownload QRMaury, US Coast Guard vessel record for FAIRFIELD ENCOUNTER (ON 1040098), retrieved 18 September 2026. mauryrecords.com/v/psix-437095.html
Documentation record
Tonnage as PSIX records it291 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 834 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 198 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton 250 - Convention (Subpart B), 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
WAQRMMSI 368019000 · expired · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 August 2001, cancelled 15 October 2011
WAQRMMSI 368019000 · terminated · compulsorily equipped · granted 14 January 1997, cancelled 14 August 2001 · licensed under a name not among this hull’s recorded names (not shown)
FCC Universal Licensing System ship-station file of 6 September 2026, matched to this hull on its
US Official Number. Status and dates are the file’s own. The licensee is not read from the file and is not shown.
A lapsed licence’s MMSI is still the number the vessel transmitted under while it was valid.
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
29 September 2016Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6012981
7 December 2005Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Morgan City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2548975
19 July 2002Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 1667528
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it, and the bridge, lock or dam the investigation names where it names one. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
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.
