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VIKING EXPLORER

VIKING EXPLORER is a 1975 towing vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 3 inspections in 1997, along with 6 deficiencies and 2 operational controls.

Records in 1997. Most recent: inspection, 8 May 1997.

Built
1975
Last inspected
8 May 1997
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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 23 August 2026, retrieved 5 September 2026 from PSIX. Every field on this page was recorded by the Coast Guard. Records for the Towing Vessel class in Maury's sources begin in 1980.

Inspection record

Last inspected 8 May 1997
…with no type recorded3
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 1 calendar year (1997)
Every line above is a count of records the US Coast Guard wrote, or a date it recorded. A blank resolution means none was recorded in this data; it does not establish that a deficiency is outstanding. Years with a record are calendar years in which a record exists, not years in service. What Maury does not do.

Identity

7411985
HP8664
454499
Flag
ITALY
Maury page id
psix-454499

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it243 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
72 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.
Vessel history report

A report is not offered for this hull. Its Coast Guard record spans fewer than two calendar years. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 3

8 May 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 6042
7 May 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO HAMPTON ROADS · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 403519
28 April 1997 Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO MIAMI · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 401788

Deficiency record · 6

Navigation
Issued 7 May 1997 Resolved
MAKE REPAIRS TO STEERING GEAR TO ALLOW FULL RANGE OF MOVEMENT TO PORT AND STARBOARD TO COINCIDE WITH BRIDGE RUDDER ANGLE INDICATORS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 8 May 1997
Resolved 9 May 1997
Documentation
Issued 28 April 1997 Resolved
PROVIDE PANAMANIAN LICENSES OR FLAG STATE ACCEPTANCE LETTER FOR ALL OFFICERLICENSES. (CURRENTLY ALL LITHUANIAN LICENSES.)
Condition: Unknown
Due 28 April 1997
Resolved 29 April 1997
Documentation
Issued 28 April 1997 Resolved
FAX/SUBMIT LAY-UP PROPOSAL TO MSO MIAMI PER COTP ORDER #97-100.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 April 1997
Resolved 29 April 1997
Documentation
Issued 28 April 1997 Resolved
HAVE USCG COME ABOARD AND CONDUCT ANNUAL FOREIGN FREIGHT VSL EXAM FOR UNDER500 GT.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 April 1997
Resolved 29 April 1997
Documentation
Issued 28 April 1997 Resolved
PROVIDE ENTIRE CREW ON BOARD FOR ANNUAL EXAM.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 April 1997
Resolved 29 April 1997
Documentation
Issued 28 April 1997 Resolved
PROVIDE LETTER FROM OWNER ATTESTING TO STATEMENT OF SERVICE FOR VESSEL AND INTENDED AREA OF OPERATION.
Condition: Unknown
Due 29 January 1998
Resolved 29 January 1998

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.