Commercial Research Vessels Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII
(listed by shipbuilder and by hull number)
| Builder | Hull # | Name | Owner/Operatr | GT | Delivery | Disposition |
| Bellenger SY | 105 | Columbus Iselin | 280 | Jun-72 | Now "Genesis" | |
| Bender SB | 251 | Karen Wood | 6,414 | Jun-70 | Now "Geco Triton" | |
| Bender SB | 1085 | Tommy Munro | Gulf Coast Research Labs | 150 | Mar-81 | Active |
| Bender SB | 9317 | Geomar III | Geomar | 300 | Apr-82 | Now "Cape Scott" |
| Bishop SB | 12 | Leo Wood, Jr. | 194 | 1965 | Now "A. B. Wood II" | |
| Blount Marine | 121 | A.E. Verrill | Marine Environmental Sciences | 70 | 1966 | Active |
| Blount Marine | 164 | Sub Sig | Raytheon Corporation | 1971 | ||
| Boconco | 127 | Fugro Enterprise | Fugro Leasing | 99 | Sep-07 | Active |
| Bollinger SY | Wolverine | Capco Offshore | 111 | 1980 | Active | |
| Bosarge Marine | 1 | Aunt Bea | 304 | 1982 | Now "Weatherbird II" | |
| Burlington Iron Works | Treasure Quest | 127 | 1951 | Active | ||
| Burton SY | 325 | Heron | 191 | 1962 | Now "Locator" | |
| Delta SB | 119 | Echo | Shell Oil | 180 | 1977 | Active |
| Derecktor NY | Damit Janet V | Florida Research & Recovery | 72 | 1976 | Active | |
| Freeport SB | 51 | Rapture | Certified Marine | 695 | Aug-98 | Active |
| Freeport SB | 58 | J. R. Navigator | Sea Exploration | 412 | Nov-00 | Active |
| Geo Shipyard | 144 | Fairfield Speculator | Fairfield Industries Incorporated | 45 | 1996 | Active |
| Geo Shipyard | 145 | Expedition | PGS Onshore Inc | 47 | 1997 | Active |
| Geo Shipyard | 146 | Fairfield Quest | Fairfield Industries Incorporated | 47 | 1997 | Now "Global Quest" |
| Geo Shipyard | 149 | Fairfield Vision | Fairfield Industries Incorporated | 36 | 1997 | Now "Global Vision" |
| Geo Shipyard | 150 | Fairfield Mirage | Fairfield Industries Incorporated | 48 | 1997 | Active |
| Geo Shipyard | 170 | Lori B | Global Geophysical Services Inc | 33 | 2001 | Active |
| Geo Shipyard | 180 | James H. Scott | Global Geophysical Services | 73 | Jul-05 | Active |
| Halter Marine/Seacraft | 1805 | Ms Cordelia | Global Geophysical | 245 | Jul-07 | Active |
| Halter New Orleans | 102 | Western Geophysical IV | Western Geophysical | 1965 | Scrapped | |
| Halter New Orleans | 103 | Western Geophysical V | Western Geophysical | 172 | 1965 | Now "Pipeline Surveyor" |
| Halter New Orleans | 108 | Western Beacon | 1965 | Now "Beacon" | ||
| Halter New Orleans | 138 | Western Sea | 1966 | Now "Fadak" | ||
| Halter New Orleans | 139 | Western Beach | 1966 | Now "Clairy T" | ||
| Halter New Orleans | 158 | Western Shoal | 1967 | Now "Olaf" | ||
| Halter New Orleans | 162 | Mediterranean Seal | 1967 | Now "El Metro" | ||
| Hansen BW | Bering | R Lee Higbee | 93 | 1971 | Now "Kirawan" | |
| Hodgdon BW | 232 | Argo | New York State | 36t | Jan-86 | Active |
| James Greear | 91 | Pukuk | William A. Choate, Jr. | 106 | Mar-08 | Active |
| JeffBoat | 1423 | Phaedra | 477 | 1966 | Active | |
| JeffBoat | 1589 | ENS 2 | 545 | 1966 | Active | |
| JeffBoat | 1796 | Niobe | 993 | Apr-67 | Now "Corinthian" | |
| Karl's Welding | Arctic Surveyor | 275 | 1983 | Now "Tropic Explorer" | ||
| Mangone SB | 72 | Unitedgeo II | 195 | 1966 | Now "Amalia" | |
| Mangone SB | 73 | Seismic Explorer | 291 | 1967 | Now "Joe G Jr." | |
| Mangone SB | 91 | Seismic Surveyor | 614 | 1969 | Now Tango I" | |