MONARCH COUNTESS

Freight Ship · Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class · Built 1970s · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H)

MONARCH COUNTESS is a 1977 freight ship. The Coast Guard has recorded 21 inspections since 2016, most recently in March 2024, along with 27 deficiencies and 8 operational controls, 1 with no removal date recorded.

Records from 2016 to 2024. Most recent: inspection, 26 March 2024.

Built: 1977
Last inspected: 26 March 2024
Documentation: Not in the documentation file of 10 August 2026
Inspections: 21
Deficiencies: 27 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution
Controls: 1 with no removal date recorded

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 Ro-Ro Cargo Ship class in Maury's sources begin in 2016.

Inspection record

Last inspected 26 March 2024

Recorded inspections21

…physical examinations17

…administrative events1

…with no type recorded3

Deficiencies 27 recorded · 0 without a recorded resolution

Operational controls 1 with no removal date recorded

Years with a record 7 calendar years (2016–2024)

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

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7500736

V4JV4

351336

Flag

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

Maury page id

psix-351336

Documentation record

Tonnage as PSIX records it1575 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Gross Ton
5726 - Convention (Subpart B), Gross Ton
779 - Regulatory (Subpart C or D), Net Ton
2785 - Dead Weight, Ton
779 - Convention (Subpart B), 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

Every record for this hull, in one document — $299

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 · how its record compares with hulls of similar age and size, as a fact about the population and never a judgement about this vessel.

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Inspection history · 21

26 March 2024 Loadline Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Charles · USCG Heartland District (CGD-H) · Activity 7879639

15 April 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7431670

11 April 2022 In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7428876

18 January 2022 PSC A · Random ISPS/MTSA/PSC

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7382174

7 September 2021 ISPS Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7306210

29 April 2021 PSC A

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7185347

11 February 2021 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7139192

1 February 2021 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7133582

15 December 2020 Deficiency Check · Administrative Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7112298

20 November 2020 Administrative Inspection · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7099147

28 October 2020 PSC A · Deficiency Check

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7085734

20 August 2020 PSC A · Deficiency Check · In-Service Inspection

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 7038004

20 July 2018 PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination · ISPS III Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6485612

17 February 2018 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6356741

25 January 2018 PII Safety Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6343367

27 July 2017 ISPS III Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6219981

30 January 2017 PI Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6079352

27 January 2017 Administrative Inspection

Administrative · Sector Miami · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6078457

20 January 2017 Type not recorded

No type recorded · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 6074170

24 May 2016 PII Safety Exam · ISPS II Exam

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5886458

9 May 2016 ISPS II Exam · PII Safety Exam · Ballast Water Examination

Physical examination · Marine Safety Unit Lake Worth · USCG Southeast District (CGD-SE) · Activity 5873000

Deficiency record · 27

13 - Propulsion and Auxiliary Machinery › N/A - No Subsystem › Bilge pumping arrangements

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. The vessel's bilge alarm for the engine room is activated and the PSCO is unable to conduct test. Cargo hold bilge alarm is not operational - 60 SOLAS I/Reg 11 - 17c

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 28 October 2020
Resolved 30 October 2020
Resolution: Vessel replaced sensors for flooding detection. MSD Lake Worth PSCO verified flooding alarms for the cargo hold and engine room were operational upon departure

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifebuoys incl. provision and disposition

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

Before the ship leaves port and at all times during the voyage, all life-saving appliances shall be in working order and ready for immediate use. Starboard side orange smoke for life buoy is missing - 74 SOLAS 2014 III/20.2 - 17C

Action required: 17 - Rectify deficiencies prior to departure
Due 28 October 2020
Resolved 30 October 2020
Resolution: Vessel purchased orange smoke for bridge wing starboard buoy. MSD Lake Worth PSCO verified newly installed orange smoke. Def Cleared.

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Ventilation

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

The condition of the ship and its equipment shall be maintained to conform with the provisions of the present regulations to ensure that the ship will remain fit to proceed to sea without danger to the ship or persons on board. Electrical power coming from the transformer to the ventilation panel is not at 14 volts causing ventilation system #2, #5, #13, and #14 to not be in an operational status - 60 SOLAS Ch I/Reg 11 - 16BC

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 November 2020
Resolved 11 February 2021
Resolution: Received Flag State report attesting repairs were made by shore contactor to ventilators #2, #5, #13, and #14 and all are satisfactorily operational. Deficiency rectified. (See attached Flag/Tech Report)

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

The administration shall satisfy itself that the general structural strength of the ship is adequate for the draught corresponding to the freeboard assigned. A repair was made to vessel's hull. Starboard side between frame #43-46. This repair does not appear to meet class rules on conducting steel/hull repair. Vessel was not able to produce any documentation for this hull repair - ICLL P66 Annex I/Reg(1) - 16BC

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 November 2020
Resolved 20 November 2020
Resolution: Flag State has approved permanent repair found between Fr #43 - #46 (see documents).

11 - Life Saving Appliances › N/A - No Subsystem › Lifeboats

Issued 28 October 2020 Resolved

In every cargo ship of 1600 gross tonnage and upwards, there shall be carried at least one motor life boat complying with the requirements of regulation 9 of this chapter. The vessel is outfitted with 02 lifeboats, however both lifeboats are not motor lifeboats. The vessel's gross tonnage is 5,726. Vessel is applicable to utilize resolution A.494(XII), revised interem scheme for tonnage measurement for certain ships for this SOLAS requirement. Vessel was unable to produce any documentation besides the ITC of 5,726 GT - 60 SOLAS III/Reg 8(6) - 16BC

Action required: 16 - Rectify deficiencies w/in 14 days
Due 11 November 2020
Resolved 20 November 2020
Resolution: Flag State has re-issued the ITC taking into account the National Tonnage of 1575.89 national gross tons (see documents).

02 - Structural Conditions › N/A - No Subsystem › Hull damage impairing seaworthiness

Issued 7 September 2020 Resolved

The administration shall satisfy itself that the general structural strength of the ship is adequate for the draught corresponding to the freeboard assigned. During hull walk, PSCO discovered severe wastage on vessels port side above the deck line at frames 123, 112, and 102. A temporary repair was conducted in drydock in Haiti, however these repairs include welding multiple steel plates from the inside of vessels RO-RO deck over existing outside wastage on vessels hull. An additional area of wastage to vessels port side hull was discovered with no repairs, below ventilation #3 on vessels outside hull - ICCL Protocol 66 Annex I/Reg.1(A) - 17BC

Action required: 40 - Rectify deficiencies prior to next US port after sailing foreign
Due 11 September 2020
Resolved 30 October 2020
Resolution: Side shell plating port side at frame #102 was cropped and renewed (see Flag State Report)

07 - Fire Safety › N/A - No Subsystem › Fixed fire extinguishing installation