This record may be incomplete: the most recent inspection recorded for this vessel was 5 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 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.
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Tonnage as PSIX records it924 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 2350 - Dead Weight, Ton 3080 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton 3080 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 924 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
This hull's Official Number is not in the NVDC file dated 10 August 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.
Vessel history report
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Inspection history · 2
16 August 2021PSC B
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Texas City · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7277716
26 February 2019ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Houma · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 6628738
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Rudder angle indicator
Issued 26 February 2019Resolved
The angular position of the rudder shall, if main steering gear is power operated, be indicated on the navigation bridge and rudder angle indication shall be independent of steering gear control system. Observed rudder angle indicators in bridge center, and port and starboard wing were not accurately indicating ruddar positions by approximately 05 degrees.
SOLAS 74 (2004 CONS.) II-1/29.11.1
Action required: 15 - Rectify deficiencies by next port
Due 26 February 2019
Resolved 3 March 2019
Resolution: MSU Houma received technician report attesting to proper repair of rudder angle indicators.
An International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate shall be issued after an intitial or renewal survey in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 of this annex, to any ship of 400 gross tonnage and above engaged in voyages to ports or offshore terminals under this jurisdiction of other parties to the present convention. PSCO observed that maximum throughput for the separating/filtering equipment as required on teh supplement (form A) was 1.0 cubic meters per hour. The operations/maintenance manual for filtering/separting system equipment specifies throughput as 3.0 cubic meters per hour.
MARPOL 73/78 (2011 CONS.) ANNEX I, REG. 7
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 26 February 2019
Resolved 3 March 2019
Resolution: MSU Houma received a corrected IOPP Certificate from DNV GL in regards to the issued deficiency.
Ownership record
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