MSC FRANCESCA is a 2008 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 11 inspections since 2021, most recently in December 2025, along with 4 deficiencies — 1 with no resolution recorded — and 1 operational control, 1 with no removal date recorded.
Records from 2021 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 21 December 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 General Dry Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.
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
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Tonnage as PSIX records it131771 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton 64192 - Convention (Subpart B), Net Ton 138377 - Dead Weight, Metric Ton 178435 - Displacement, Metric 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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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
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Inspection history · 11
21 December 2025PSC B
Physical examination · Sector San Francisco · USCG Southwest District (CGD-SW) · Activity 8285804
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Railing, gangway, walkway and means for safe passage
Issued 21 December 2025No resolution recorded
GUARD RAILS OR BULWARKS SHALL BE FITTED AROUND ALL EXPOSED DECKS. PSCO OBSERVED BOTTOM RUNG OF GUARD RAILING SEVERELY RUSTED AND BROKEN ON PORT SIDE MAIN DECK NEAR CARGO BAY 25.
Condition: Damaged By Earlier Event
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 21 January 2026 — due date passed with no resolution recorded
10 - Safety of Navigation › N/A - No Subsystem › Radar
Issued 30 August 2022Resolved
Each vessel of 10,000 gross tons or more must have, in addition to the radar system under 164.35(a), a second marine radar system that operates independently of the first. Vessel reported inoperable S-band radar.
Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 30 September 2022
Resolved 2 November 2022
Resolution: Received a survey statement from class stating: S-Band Radar has been Newly installed and Operational Tested satisfactorily.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboat inventory
Issued 16 August 2022Resolved
ALL LIFESAVING APPLIANCES AND ARRANGEMENTS SHALL COMPLY WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE. PSCO OBSERVED THAT ALL FIRSTAID KITS IN THE LIFEBOATS WERE NOT STORED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATION OF BEING STOWED IN LESS THAN 25 DEGREES CELCIUS.
74SOLAS 20 III/34
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 16 September 2022
Resolved 2 November 2022
Resolution: Received confirmation from the Flag State that they have approved the ship's alternative means on storing their lifeboat first aid kits. (See attachment)
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Embarkation arrangements rescue boats
Issued 16 August 2022Resolved
DURING PREPARATION AND LAUNCHING, THE SURVIVAL CRAFT, ITS LAUNCHING APPLIANCE, AND THE AREA OF WATER INTO WHICH IT IS TO BE LAUNCHED SHALL BE ADEQUATELY ILLUMINATED. DURING PSC EXAM PSCO OBSERVED BOTH EMBARKATION LIGHTS ON PORT SIDE LIFEBOAT NOT WORKING AND ONE OF TWO EMBARKATION LIGHTS NOT WORKING ON THE STARBOARD SIDE LIFEBOAT.
74SOLAS 14 III/16.1.7
Action required: 10 - Deficiency Rectified
Due 16 August 2022
Resolved 16 August 2022
Resolution: ALL LIGHTS WERE FIXED AND WORKING.
Ownership record
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