The lienor may make a written application to a justice of the supreme court, at chambers, in the judicial district in which the lienor resides or in a county adjoining such district, for a warrant to enforce a lien on a vessel and to collect the amount thereof. The application shall specify:

1. 1. By whom and when such debt was contracted and for what vessel; and the name and residence of the owner of the vessel, if known.
2. 2. The items composing the debt and the amount claimed.
3. 3. That the debt is justly due the applicant over and above all payments and just deductions.
4. 4. Any assignment or transfer of the debt which may have taken place since it was contracted.
5. 5. When and where the notice of lien was filed. The application shall be verified in the same manner as a pleading in a court of record.