Research Vessels Built in the U.S. since WWII

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
Mangone SB	126	Western Strait		261	Aug-79	Now Kaimikai-O-Kanaloa
Marco	206	Sea Spray	Augest Gudjonsen	199	1969	Now Lost Coast Explorer
Marco	474	Robert G Brownlee	Marine Science Institute	89	1996	Active
Marinette Marine	8264	Shell America	Shell Offshore	2,500	Dec-83	Now American Explorer
Marinette Marine		Chippewa	Chippewa Inc	40	1957
Marinette Marine		Pelican	Commonwealth Of Virginia	74	1967
Marinette Marine			University of Alaska		2013	Building
Midship Marine	296	Patricia	Chesapeake Bay Foundation Inc.	53	2002	Active
Mitchell, Eddie		Dolphin Lady	Martinez AA	108	1983	Active
Mobile Ship Repair		Lucy R	Bay Towing & Dredging		1957	Now Bette-Lynn
Mobile Ship Repair		Genie	Bay Towing & Dredging		1957	Now Miss Doris
Mobile Ship Repair		Jackson Creek		145	1957	Now Yusuf Kanoo
Modern Marine Power	29	Digicon Explorer		290	1980	Now Fairfield Explorer
Moss Point Marine	C094	Eagle		250	1987	Active
Newpark SB & Repair	9511	Digicon Definition	Digicon	426	1982	Now Sirius B
Nichols Bros.	126	Lorelei	Orion Star	130	Nov-97	Active
North American SB	122	Casey Chouest	Edison Chouest Offshore	246	Nov-80	Now GGS Atlantic
North American SB	123	Ross Chouest	Edison Chouest Offshore	1,474	Jan-82	Now Pearl Chouest
North American SB	161	C-Crusader	Edison Chouest Offshore	2,089	Apr-97	Now Deep Stim II
North American SB	166	C-Cadet	Chouest Offshore Services	1,699	Jun-97	Now HR Hughes
North American SB	224	Sea Venture	Edison Chouest Offshore	9,926	5-Sep	Active
Peterson BW	3800	Alcoa Seaprobe	Alcoa	1,260	1970	Scrapped 1980
Sea State One Marine	154	Maxime	Vogel, William T.	32	Mar-07	Active
Sermons SY		Undersea Hunter	Perry Oceanographics	148	1968	Active
Southwest SY	9511	Digicon Definition		190	Jul-82	Now Sirius B
Todd Houston	467	Leo		659	1967	Now Aguadulce
Walker Shipyard	128	Rio das Contas		246	1958	Now Pantai Mas
Walker Shipyard	155	Elsie Janis		138	1955	Now Sirenian
Washburn & Doughty	13	Bagatell	Research Fndn. of NY	122	Feb-82	Now Seawolf
Weaver Shipyard	142	Sea Raven		195	1956	Now Ali Al-Hamad