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R/V SOUND EXPLORER
R/V SOUND EXPLORER is a 2006 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 15 inspections since 2021, most recently in March 2026, along with 5 deficiencies and 2 casualty investigations between 2006 and 2025.
Records from 2006 to 2026. Most recent: inspection, 24 March 2026.
- Built
- 2006
- Last inspected
- 24 March 2026
- Documentation
- Valid · documentation file of 10 August 2026
- Deficiencies
- 5 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
- Controls
- None recorded without a removal date
- Casualties
- 2 investigations · 2006–2025
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 Passenger Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
Inspection record
Last inspected
24 March 2026
…with no type recorded1
Deficiencies
5 recorded · 0
without a recorded resolution
Operational controls
None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record
6 calendar years (2021–2026)
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
1189366
WDM8058
840975
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-840975
Documentation record
Registered dimensions (L × B × D)46.0 ft × 16.0 ft × 4.0 ft
Registered tonnagegross 19 / net 15
ITC dimensions (L × B × D)Not recorded
ITC tonnageNot recorded
BuilderCHESAPEAKE BOATS INC · CRISFIELD, MD, UNITED STATES · built 2006
Hull materialFRP (Fiberglass)
PropulsionDiesel Reduction
Hull shapeShip
Hull configurationMonohull
Hailing portNORWALK, CT
Trade endorsementsCoastwise, unrestricted
DocumentationValid · issued 29 April 2026 · expires 30 April 2027
Service, as the file records itPassenger (Inspected)
Hull formpowered (Maury's inference from propulsion, hull shape, material and length, rule hf-1; not a recorded fact)
Tonnage as PSIX records it15 - Simplified, Net Ton
19 - Simplified, Gross Ton
19 - Simplified, Gross 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.
Vessel history report
Every record for this hull, in one document — $299
Every recorded inspection, 2016 to 2026 for this class, in one chronology · every deficiency, with system, dates and resolution · operational controls imposed and removed · every name this hull has been recorded under · the vessels it was inspected alongside, and when · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.
Read one first, in full: a forty-year chronology · a hull that changed operators four times · the sparse case, shown as an example, not for sale.
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Inspection history · 15
24 March 2026
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8300781
7 July 2025
Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8178407
6 July 2025
Type not recorded
No type recorded · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8180148
9 April 2025
Plan Review "T" Boat
Administrative · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8131677
13 February 2025
Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Hull Examination · Deficiency Check · Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Long Island Sound · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8077564
14 November 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 8034854
9 May 2024
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7907344
17 March 2024
Administrative Inspection
Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7883475
26 April 2023
Annual Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7676431
27 February 2023
Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7642462
1 March 2022
COI Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7403809
15 December 2021
Simplified Stability Test · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7371022
20 July 2021
In-Service Inspection · Simplified Stability Test
Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Cape Cod · USCG Northeast District (CGD-NE) · Activity 7269159
30 March 2021
Deficiency Check · COI Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7162552
18 February 2021
Hull Examination · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Virginia · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 7136498
Deficiency record · 5
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Propulsion main engine
Issued 7 July 2025
Resolved
Received report of marine casualty. Trawl net got caught up in propeller and caused a loss of propulsion. Provide report of net cleared, and operation normal, or conduct sea trials within presence of USCG Marine Inspector. Prior to carrying passengers.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 13 February 2025
Resolved
Vessels on limited coastwise routes are required 12 flares, vessel had on board 9 flares. Provide 12 flares (6 hand red, 6 orange smoke or 12 hand red). Vessel restricted to LBS route.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 13 February 2025
Resolved
Child PFD's should be seperate from adult PFD's. Adult and child PFD's stowed together. Seperate.
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 011 - Ships Certificates › Other (certificates)
Issued 13 February 2025
Resolved
Provide copy of valid FCC Safety Certificate.
05 - Radio Communications › N/A - No Subsystem › Satellite EPIRB 406MHz/1.6GHz
Issued 13 February 2025
Resolved
Provide copy of valid EPIRB registration. Currently in process of being transferred.
Casualty record · 2
2 December 2006Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 2834391
6 July 2025Routine · role: Involved in a Marine Casualty · activity 8180148
Each line is an incident investigation the Coast Guard recorded with this hull among the vessels involved, with the date and the classification the Coast Guard gave it. Involvement is not fault. The investigation narrative is not published. Source: IIR, through 2026.
Recorded names · 1
PROVIDENCE II (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
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.