NORMAND CLIPPER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O)

NORMAND CLIPPER is a 2001 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 12 inspections since 2003, most recently in October 2024, along with 6 deficiencies.

Records from 2003 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 15 October 2024.

Built: 2001
Last inspected: 15 October 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 12
Deficiencies: 6 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9236200 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

LAXJ7

MISLE id

609861

Flag

NORWAY

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-609861

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations9

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 8 calendar years (2003–2024)

The 12 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

Tonnage as PSIX records it17420 - Displacement, Ton
11472 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
11472 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
9976 - Dead Weight, Ton
3442 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
3442 - 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 · 12

15 October 2024 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8019539

1 October 2024 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 8010001

27 August 2016 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5982775

27 March 2016 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5841379

26 February 2016 ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5820149

20 August 2015 ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 5208949

1 May 2009 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3460499

22 February 2008 Ballast Water Examination · PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3137697

1 February 2008 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Charleston · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 3141302

28 March 2006 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Galveston · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 2617263

13 January 2004 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1982863

24 February 2003 Ballast Water Examination · Annual Inspection

Physical examination · Sector Maryland-National Capital Region · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 1748665

Deficiency record · 6

15 - Safety Management Systems (ISM) › N/A - No Subsystem › Reports of non-conf., accidents & hazardous occur.

Issued 1 October 2024 Resolved

SOLAS 74 IX/3 The company and the ship shall comply with the requirements of the International Safety Management code. ISM Code 9.1 The SMS should include procedures ensuring that non-conformities, accidents and hazardous situations are reported to the company. Vessel failed to make proper notification of 01 fire detector in GMDSS battery space was alarming when exposed to hot weather. Vessel installed a fan in space in attempt to remedy the situation.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 31 October 2024
Resolved 16 October 2024
Resolution: Vessel provided class report. Corrective action taken.

14 - Pollution Prevention › 145 - MARPOL Annex V › Garbage management plan

Issued 1 October 2024 Resolved

Marpol V/10.2 Every ship of 100 gross tonnage and above shall carry a garbage management plan which the crew shall follow. Vessel stored food waste in the vicinity of food stores and not in accordance with their garbage management plan.

Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 1 October 2024
Resolved 1 October 2024

Communications › Radio Communications › Satellite Communications Capability

Issued 7 August 2015 Resolved

1685 - Operations/maintenance - Every ship while at sea, shall be capable of transmitting and receiving ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore distress alerts. Vessels crew was unable to produce radio logs demonstrating testing of GMDSS equipment. When the port state examiner requested a test of the system the ship did not receive test call confirmation from ship-to-ship or ship-to-shore test. 17 a c

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 27 March 2016
Resolution: Requested class and tech report from agent. Recv'd same, satisfactory. Cleared deficiencies.

Operations/Management › FireFighting

Issued 24 February 2003 Resolved

SHIPS FIRE CONTROL PLAN DOES NOT HAVE NAME OF SHIP ON IT. SHIPS NAME MUST BE PUT ON ALL FIRE CONTROL PLANS LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: FIRE CONTROL PLAN

Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 February 2003
Resolved 13 January 2004

Operations/Management › FireFighting

Issued 24 February 2003 Resolved

BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM PORT OF BALTIMORE, SHIP MUST CONTACT U.S. COAST GUARD AND CONDUCT A FIRE AND LIFEBOAT DRILL LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: DRILLS

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 24 February 2003
Resolved 13 January 2004

Personnel › Manning/Qualifications

Issued 24 February 2003 Resolved

[withheld — contains personal information; the deficiency system, dates, and resolution status are shown above]

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 24 February 2003
Resolved 13 January 2004

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.