PALMETTO

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Other hulls named PALMETTO

PALMETTO is a 1982 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 19 inspections since 1982, most recently in July 2025, along with 2 deficiencies and 1 casualty investigation in 2010.

Records from 1982 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 9 July 2025.

Built: 1982
Last inspected: 9 July 2025
Documentation: Valid · documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 19
Deficiencies: 2 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Casualties: 1 investigation · 2010

Identity

645736

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WRA8466

53760

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

368072320

Maury page id

psix-53760

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations7

…administrative events5

…with no type recorded7

Years with a record 18 calendar years (1982–2025)

The 19 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.

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)98.8 ft × 26.0 ft × 7.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 98 / net 67

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded

ITC tonnageNot recorded

BuilderCOLLIER SHIPBUILDING INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 1982

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeNot recorded

Hull configurationNot recorded

Hailing portCHARLESTON, SC

Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted

DocumentationValid · issued 10 April 2026 · expires 31 May 2027

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 it98 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
67 - 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

WDK6213MMSI 368072320 · active · voluntarily equipped · granted 31 January 2019, expires 31 January 2029 · 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.

Inspection history · 19

9 July 2025 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8180529

30 August 2016 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5999613

23 November 2015 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5768930

29 August 2008 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3312187

24 July 2006 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2722955

16 April 2004 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 2047879

25 March 2002 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1483649

13 March 2000 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1049135

13 January 1998 Administrative

Administrative · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1121231

29 January 1996 Deficiency Check · Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 880669

8 October 1991 Uninspected Other

Physical examination · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 932383

20 October 1989 Administrative

Administrative · MSO CHARLESTON · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 1309613

14 October 1988 COI Inspection · Hull Examination

Physical examination · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1203959

1 March 1986 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1309080

1 March 1985 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 985880

20 March 1984 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 977230

28 September 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 964956

17 March 1983 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MIO NEW ORLEANS · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1273409

9 March 1982 Type not recorded

No type recorded · MSO Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 1275422

Deficiency record · 2

Navigation

Issued 14 October 1988 Resolved

PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE, PROVIDE AND INSTALL A CLASS A EPIRB

Condition: Unknown
Due 14 October 1988
Resolved 14 October 1988

Documentation

Issued 14 October 1988 Resolved

PRIOR TO CARRYING PASSENGERS FOR HIRE REMOVE THE 40' CONTAINER VAN FROM THEAFT MAIN DECK. THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BE COMPLETED TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COGNIZANT OCMI PRIOR TO 15NOV88.

Condition: Unknown
Due 14 October 1988
Resolved 14 October 1988

Casualty record · 1

25 August 2010Routine · role: Transiting Vicinity of Primary Subject · activity 3833893

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.