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BENCHMARK IV

Passenger (Inspected) · Passenger Ship class · Built 2020s · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE)

BENCHMARK IV is a 2024 passenger vessel (inspected). The Coast Guard has recorded 4 inspections since 2024, most recently in December 2025, along with 16 deficiencies.

Records from 2024 to 2025. Most recent: inspection, 1 December 2025.

Built
2024
Last inspected
1 December 2025
Documentation
Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections
4
Deficiencies
16 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls
None recorded without a removal date

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 1 December 2025
Recorded inspections4
…physical examinations4
Deficiencies 16 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Operational controls None recorded without a removal date
Years with a record 2 calendar years (2024–2025)
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

US Official No.
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IMO number
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Call sign
WDP7358
MISLE id
1824798
Flag
UNITED STATES
Maury page id
psix-1824798

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it3 - Simplified, Gross Ton
3 - Simplified, Net 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

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. What a sparse-record report looks like.

Inspection history · 4

1 December 2025 Annual Inspection · Deficiency Check
Physical examination · Sector Key West · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8279071
5 November 2024 Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection
Physical examination · Sector Key West · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 8029415
25 September 2024 Drydock Exam · Deficiency Check · COI Inspection · Internal Structural Exam
Physical examination · Sector Delaware Bay · USCG East District (CGD-E) · Activity 8007940
26 April 2024 Hull Examination · Administrative Inspection · Internal Structural Exam · Construction Oversight
Physical examination · Sector St Petersburg · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7960633

Deficiency record · 16

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifejackets incl. provision and disposition
Issued 1 December 2025 Resolved
Vessel is missing life jacket donning placard.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 4 December 2025
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 1 December 2025 Resolved
Renew SOLAS retro tape on life float.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Resolved 4 December 2025
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Distress flares
Issued 5 November 2024 Resolved
Need to get 03 more red flares.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 November 2024
Resolved 5 November 2024
Resolution: Owner purchased new flares.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Rigid liferafts
Issued 5 November 2024 Resolved
With new route vessel is required to have a life float for 50% of the people on board the vessel.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 November 2024
Resolved 18 November 2024
Resolution: New life float and float free bracket have been installed on board vessel.
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 5 November 2024 Resolved
Life bouy is not the correct size for the new route the vessel will be on.
Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 19 November 2024
Resolved 5 November 2024
Resolution: New life bouy has been purchased by owner.
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Table 181.500(b) indicates the minimum required extinguishers to be onboard — (1) 2-A, (1) 10-B:C, and (1) 40-B:C. Only one 10-B:C was onboard. Provide the add'l 2-A and 40-B:C portable extinguishers. 46 CFR §181.500(b)
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 15 October 2024
07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fire fighting equipment and appliances
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump by § 181.300 must have at least three 9.5 liter (21/2 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words “FIRE BUCKET” must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket. No fire buckets area onboard. Provide the appropriate type and number of fire buckets. 46 CFR §181.610
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 15 October 2024
04 - Emergency Systems › N/A - No Subsystem › Emergency, lighting, batteries and switches
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Each vessel must be equipped with at least two operable portable battery lights. One of these lights must be located at the operating station and the other at the access to the propulsion machinery space. Both lights are missing. Provide the two req'd portable lights. 46 CFR §183.430
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 October 2024
Resolved 15 October 2024
13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (machinery)
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Remote fuel shutoff stations must be marked in clearly legible letters at least 25 millimeters (1 inch) high indicating purpose of the valve and direction of operation. Shutoff valve is unmarked. Provide for proper marking of shutoff valve. 46 CFR §185.608
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 October 2024
Resolved 15 October 2024
03 - Water/Weathertight Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Scuppers, inlets and discharges
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
If an inlet or discharge pipe is inaccessible, the means for complying with paragraph (c) of this section must be a shut-off valve that is operable from the weather deck or any other accessible location above the bulkhead deck and labeled at the operating point for identity and direction of closing. The MSD water intake valve cannot be easily reached from the deck and is not properly marked. Install means (e.g., reach rod) to secure the valve from the deck and affix proper labeling. 46 CFR §179.350(e)
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 30 October 2024
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
A vessel must carry one floating waterlight approved in accordance with § 161.010, unless it is limited to daytime operation. The ring buoy does not have a waterlight. No night operations until a waterlight is provided. 46 CFR §180.70(d)
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 705 - Other - as specified
Due 30 October 2024
Resolved 15 October 2024
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Each flare carried to meet this section must be stowed in a portable watertight container marked as required by § 185.614. A first-aid kit must be easily visible and readily available to the crew. Neither the flares nor 1st aid kit were properly stored nor their location clearly marked. Properly stow and mark. 46 CFR §180.68(d) 46 CFR §184.710
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 October 2024
Resolved 15 October 2024
11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Operational readiness of lifesaving appliances
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Each ring buoy must be stowed in a way that it can be rapidly cast loose. The ring buoy was fastened to the aft rail by velcro wraps, making rapid deployment not possible. Properly stow ring buoy for rapid deployment. 46 CFR §180.70
Condition: Placed in Improper Service
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 15 October 2024
99 - Other › N/A - No Subsystem › Other (Safety in general)
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Vsl owner/operators are req'd to pay annual user fee to the federal govt via Pay.gov. The user fee has not been paid. Make payment using the COI form at www.PAY.gov . (https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/39754871/) 46 CFR §2.10
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Resolved 15 October 2024
01 - Certificates & Documentation › 012 - Crew Certificates › Medical certificate
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Provide copy of master's medical certificate. 46 CFR §10
Condition: Invalid
Action required: 701 - Prior to carriage of passengers/cargo
Due 30 October 2024
Resolved 16 October 2024
02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Electrical installations in general
Issued 25 September 2024 Resolved
Distribution panels and switchboards that are accessible from the rear must be constructed to prevent a person from accidentally contacting energized parts. One of the cover securing clasps for the back of the helm 12v electrical panel was broken. Repair to ensure proper protection. 46 CFR §183.330(d)
Condition: Improper/Lack of Maintenance
Action required: 50 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 30 days
Due 25 October 2024
Resolved 15 October 2024

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.