RACHEL CARSON

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 2000s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

Built: 2003
Last inspected: 14 November 2025
Documentation: Valid · NVDC file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 15
Deficiencies: 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date
Also recorded as: 1 other name

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 Research Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 14 November 2025

Recorded inspections15

…physical examinations11

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Deficiencies 0 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls None recorded without a removal date

Years with a record 10 calendar years (2016–2025)

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

1148845

8983210

WDF9370

657356

Flag

UNITED STATES

Maury page id

psix-657356

Documentation record

Registered dimensions (L × B × D)123.7 ft × 34.0 ft × 12.5 ft

Registered tonnagegross 172 / net 117

ITC dimensions (L × B × D)123.7 ft × 34.0 ft × 12.5 ft

ITC tonnagegross 430 / net 129

BuilderLA FORCE SHIPYARD INC · BAYOU LA BATRE, AL, UNITED STATES · built 2003

Hull materialSteel

PropulsionDiesel Reduction

Hull shapeUNSPECIFIED

Hull configurationUNSPECIFIED

Hailing portSAN FRANCISCO, CA

Endorsements, as the file codes themcw_un

DocumentationValid · issued 12 February 2026 · expires 28 February 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 it172 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
430 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
117 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
129 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton

Every line above is a field of the National Vessel Documentation Center's file as served by NOAA Fisheries, dated 10 August 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.

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Inspection history · 15

14 November 2025 MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8270068

3 December 2024 ORV Letter of Designation · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8042744

15 November 2023 ORV Letter of Designation · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7825624

7 December 2022 ORV Letter of Designation · Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7375133

15 November 2022 MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7595029

9 December 2021 MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7366107

14 December 2020 MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 7109255

2 December 2019 Administrative Inspection · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6865928

22 September 2019 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6836920

26 November 2018 MARPOL Annex VI Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6586890

14 May 2018 ORV Letter of Designation

Administrative · Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6412342

19 December 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6457192

14 November 2017 MARPOL Annex VI Survey · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6307453

26 April 2017 MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 6134000

20 May 2016 ORV Letter of Designation · MARPOL Annex VI Survey

Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 5884096

Deficiency record · 0

No deficiencies recorded against this vessel. This means none were written in the records covered — it is not a statement about the vessel's condition. What a recorded resolution is.

Recorded names · 1

ODYSSEA TEAM (2006). Names as the Coast Guard recorded them in incident records, with the years they appear; some are renames and some are spelling variants.

Ownership record

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