NOAAS BELL M. SHIMADA (R 227)

Research Vessel · Research Ship class · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW)

NOAAS BELL M. SHIMADA (R 227) is a research vessel. The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2009, most recently in August 2016, along with 8 deficiencies.

Records from 2009 to 2016. Most recent: inspection, 25 August 2016.

Built: Not recorded
Last inspected: 25 August 2016
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 September 2026
Inspections: 4
Deficiencies: 8 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: None recorded without a removal date

Identity

US Official No.

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IMO number

9349069 View on MarineTraffic leaves Maury; a third-party site, nothing from it is stored here

Call sign

WTED

MISLE id

959328

Flag

UNITED STATES

MMSI

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Maury page id

psix-959328

Inspections, by type

…physical examinations1

…administrative events2

…with no type recorded1

Years with a record 4 calendar years (2009–2016)

The 4 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 10 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.

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it2218 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
2139 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
665 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton
1455 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
2523 - Displacement, Gross Ton
808 - Dead Weight, 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.

A report is not offered for this hull: Its record holds only 1 of the seven kinds of material a report is built from: inspections, deficiencies, operational controls, tow-unit appearances, casualty records, dimensions and documentation. That is a statement about the record, not about the vessel. Reports.

Inspection history · 4

25 August 2016 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Marine Safety Unit Portland OR · USCG Northwest District (CGD-NW) · Activity 6134808

28 March 2014 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector San Diego · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 4825017

28 September 2011 Plan Review (Other than "T")

Administrative · USCG Heartland District (dp) · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 4389539

29 July 2009 MARPOL Annex IV Survey · Plan Review (Other than "T") · Initial Certification · Ballast Water Examination · MARPOL Annex I Examination · Deadweight Survey · Hull Examination

Physical examination · Sector Mobile · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 3549899