AQUARIUS is a research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 8 inspections since 2003, most recently in October 2005, along with 5 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 1 operational control.
Records from 2003 to 2005. Most recent: inspection, 21 October 2005.
The 8 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 21 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 it336 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross 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.
The Coast Guard recorded this vessel and the following in the same
inspection activity — normally a tug and the barges in its tow. A recreational or
unclassed hull in the same activity is held and not published, so it does not appear
here: these lists are a floor, not a complete manifest.
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 24 September 2005 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
Documentation › Certificates/Documents › Certificate of Financial Responsibility
Issued 5 August 2005Resolved
VSL DOES NOT HAVE A VALID COFR. COTP ORDER ISSUED
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 5 August 2005
Resolved 5 August 2005
Navigation › Emergency Steering › Communications to Emergency Steering
Issued 24 October 2003Resolved
Emergency steering was conducted locally utilizing solenoid valves, and did not function properly when turning the rudder to port. The rudder could be manually turned, however it took an inordinate amount of time.
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 24 January 2004
Resolved 24 August 2005
Resolution: Corrected.
Fire Fighting › Structural - Horizontal Zones › General
Issued 24 October 2003Resolved
The galley door had been removed eliminating the ability to isolate a fire. LEGACY COMPONENT DESC: Galley door
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 24 January 2004
Resolved 24 August 2005
Resolution: Corrected.
The chief mate did not have a flag state endorsement, nor proof of application.
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Resolved 24 October 2003
Resolution: Provided proof of application via email attachment showing application was made on 09SEP03.
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.
