ED RACHEL WETLAND EXPLORER is a 1969 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 6 inspections since 1985, most recently in February 2003, along with 7 deficiencies — 3 with no resolution recorded —.
Records from 1985 to 2003. Most recent: inspection, 18 February 2003.
The 6 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 23 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 it18 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 18 - 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 · 6
18 February 2003Plan Review "T" Boat · Initial Certification · Uninspected Other · Hull Examination · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · MSO Corpus Christi · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1746015
23 November 1988Administrative
Administrative · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 895138
29 July 1987Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1029625
5 June 1987Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1030349
13 May 1986Credit Drydock · Re-Inspection
Physical examination · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 994795
7 January 1985Type not recorded
No type recorded · MSO TAMPA · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 974364
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Deck/Cargo
Issued 18 February 2003No resolution recorded
Enclose handrails IAW 46CFR177.900
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Construction/Loadline › Hull › Weld
Issued 18 February 2003No resolution recorded
Reweld washed out welds on hull.
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Documentation
Issued 5 June 1987Resolved
PROVIDE EMERGENCY CHECK OFF LIST.
Condition: Unknown
Due 5 June 1987
Resolved 5 June 1987
Engineering
Issued 5 June 1987Resolved
PROVE SATISFACTORY OPERATION OF BOTH OUTBOARD ENGINES, STEERING GEAR AND ASSOCIATED CONTROLS.
Condition: Unknown
Due 5 June 1987
Resolved 5 June 1987
Lifesaving
Issued 5 June 1987Resolved
REPLACE LIFE FLAT PAINTER LINE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 5 June 1987
Resolved 5 June 1987
Lifesaving
Issued 5 June 1987Resolved
REPLACE LIFE RING HAND LINE.
Condition: Unknown
Due 5 June 1987
Resolved 5 June 1987
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.
