BOLD EXPLORER

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · Built 1980s · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW)

BOLD EXPLORER is a 1987 research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 10 inspections since 2011, most recently in April 2026, along with 10 deficiencies and 1 operational control.

Records from 2011 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 17 April 2026.

Built: 1987
Last inspected: 17 April 2026
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 10
Deficiencies: 10 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

1247817

IMO number

8835085 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WAA2245

MISLE id

706546

Flag

VANUATU

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-706546

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations6

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded2

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2011–2026)

The 10 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 it1914 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
743 - Dead Weight, Ton
574 - Convention (Subpart B), 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.

Inspection history · 10

17 April 2026 PSC A

Physical examination · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8351353

12 March 2024 Deficiency Check

Physical examination · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7878058

10 December 2023 PSC B

Physical examination · Sector Honolulu · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7832552

28 August 2022 PSC B

Physical examination · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7544451

26 August 2022 VRP Review

Administrative · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 7570193

13 May 2020 PSC A

Physical examination · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6948957

13 May 2020 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Station Apra Harbor · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6952927

8 May 2020 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · U.S. COAST GUARD FORCES MICRONESIA/SECTOR GUAM · USCG Oceania District (CGD-O) · Activity 6950132

5 January 2018 Drydock Exam · Internal Structural Exam

Physical examination · Sector Puget Sound · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6333415

11 August 2011 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Boston · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 4116012

Deficiency record · 10

04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency source of power - Emergency generator

Issued 17 April 2026 Resolved

WHERE THE EMERGENCY SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POWER IS A GENERATOR, IT SHALL START AUTOMATICALLY. EMERGENCY GENERATOR WOULD START INTERMITTEDLY AFTER FIVE MINUTES OF NOT STARTING. 74 SOLAS (97) II-1/43.3.1.2

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 April 2026
Resolved 18 April 2026
Resolution: FUSE REPLACED, NOW FUNCTIONING AS INTENDED.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire detection and alarm system

Issued 17 April 2026 Resolved

A FIXED FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM AND ALARM SYSTEM SHALL BE FITTED IN ANY MACHINERY SPACE. INCINERATOR SPACE WAS NOT FITTED WITH FIXED DETECTION. 74 SOLAS (97) II-2/11.8

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 April 2026
Resolved 18 April 2026
Resolution: SPACE SECURED, DEEMED OUT OF SERVICE UNTIL A DETECTION SYSTEM CAN BE INSTALLED.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Immersion suits

Issued 17 April 2026 Resolved

IMMERSION SUITS CAN BE DONNED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE WITHIN TWO MINUTES. THE AB COULD NOT DON HIS IMMERSION SUIT WITHIN 2 MINUTES DUE TO THE SIZE OF HIS IMMERSION SUIT. 74 SOLAS (97) III/33.1.1.1

Condition: Improper Installation
Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 19 April 2026
Resolved 18 April 2026
Resolution: VESSEL ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL XL IMMERSION SUITS.

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares

Issued 11 December 2023 Resolved

The rocket parachute flare shall: Be contained in a water-resistant casing. The hand flare shall: Be contained in a water resistant casing. The buoyant smoke signal shall: Be contained in a water-resistant casing. Pyrotechnics aboard rescue boat were water logged and not in water resistant casing. Corrected on spot.

Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 11 December 2023
Resolved 11 December 2023
Resolution: Replaced with spare pyrotechnics and put in a waterproof casing.

03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Machinery space openings