Distress & casualty cases (archived) in the North Pacific Ocean

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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Other hazards in the North Pacific Ocean

Archive · 4,474 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 993/192019-03-26 → 2019-03-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-43N 156-06E at 260736Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  2. HYDROPAC 808/192019-03-10 → 2019-03-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 30-22-15N 144-46-58E at 101123Z mar
    Western North Pacific
  3. HYDROPAC 801/192019-03-09 → 2019-03-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V zhelinyu in 06-44.0N 178-28.0W at 092107Z mar
    North Pacific
  4. HYDROPAC 755/192019-03-06 → 2019-03-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V lu qing yuan yu in 11-17.1N 177-51.7W at 062218Z mar
    North Pacific
  5. HYDROPAC 742/192019-03-06 → 2019-03-22
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 13-20.2N 110-25.1W
    Eastern North Pacific
  6. HYDROPAC 656/192019-02-27 → 2019-02-27
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-10.8N 132-50.5W
    North Pacific
  7. HYDROPAC 655/192019-02-26 → 2019-03-04
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-57.9N 179-23.5E at 262103Z feb
    North Pacific
  8. NAVAREA XII 84/192019-02-22 → 2019-03-08
    Vessel valentina, three persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  9. HYDROPAC 570/192019-02-19 → 2019-03-08
    Distress signal received in vicinity 05-16N 132-06E at 190405Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  10. HYDROPAC 466/192019-02-09 → 2019-03-01
    78 foot S/V venus, one person on board, requesting assistance due to navigation equipment issues in 29-30.2N…
    North Pacific
  11. HYDROPAC 450/192019-02-08 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-32N 146-07E at 080832Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  12. HYDROPAC 445/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    S/V belle vie, three persons on board, overdue la paz (24-08N 110-18W) to puerto vallerta (20-40N 105-16W)
    Gulf of California · Mexico
  13. HYDROPAC 440/192019-02-07 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-34.0N 145-42.2E at 070835Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  14. HYDROPAC 424/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-27-54N 146-45-46E at 060032Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  15. HYDROPAC 423/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-22
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 24-53-45N 146-38-52E at 060032Z feb
    Western North Pacific
  16. NAVAREA XII 59/192019-01-31 → 2019-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from F/V sea dragon in vicinity 18-55.2N 159-22.1W at 311349Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROPAC 291/192019-01-25 → 2019-01-31
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-54.8N 146-45.5E at 252027Z jan
    Western North Pacific · Saipan
  18. HYDROPAC 254/192019-01-23 → 2019-01-24
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 02-35.2N 092-08.5W
    Eastern North Pacific
  19. HYDROPAC 234/192019-01-22 → 2019-01-23
    Man overboard from vessel taipei fong chun 66 in vicinity 30-54.0N 162-13.6W at 201600Z jan
    North Pacific
  20. HYDROPAC 233/192019-01-22 → 2019-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-00N 137-30W at 220100Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  21. NAVAREA XII 43/192019-01-22 → 2019-01-25
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-00N 137-30W at 220100Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific
  22. HYDROPAC 230/192019-01-22 → 2019-01-22
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 212307Z jan in: a. 34-53-52N 138-46-47E
    Western North Pacific · Philippine Sea · Japan
  23. HYDROPAC 144/192019-01-14 → 2019-01-15
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 11-10N 169-24E at 141337Z jan
    North Pacific
  24. HYDROPAC 140/192019-01-14 → 2019-02-01
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 140623Z jan in: a. 35-05-42N 129-05-45E
    North Pacific · Korea Strait · South Korea
  25. HYDROPAC 121/192019-01-12 → 2019-01-12
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel lu chong yu 58099 in 39-04-33N 158-28-34E at 120646Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  26. HYDROPAC 101/192019-01-10 → 2019-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 15-43.2N 155-59.2E
    Western North Pacific
  27. HYDROPAC 73/192019-01-08 → 2019-01-08
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-10.5N 094-13.4W
    Eastern North Pacific
  28. HYDROPAC 58/192019-01-06 → 2019-01-25
    F/V ching horng tsair, six persons on board, on fire in 03-50.36N 139-42.00E at 060500Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  29. HYDROPAC 25/192019-01-03 → 2019-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-34.9N 158-08.7E vessels in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…
    Western North Pacific
  30. HYDROPAC 22/192019-01-03 → 2019-01-18
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 27-05.7N 131-27.2W
    Eastern North Pacific
  31. HYDROPAC 11/192019-01-02 → 2019-01-07
    F/V ouya leng NO.6 taking on water in 11-12N 169-33E at 021343Z jan
    North Pacific
  32. HYDROPAC 4627/182018-12-31 → 2019-01-01
    M/V sincerity ace on fire in 26-58N 169-44E
    North Pacific
  33. HYDROPAC 4626/182018-12-31 → 2019-01-01
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-09N 165-32E at 310715Z dec
    North Pacific
  34. HYDROPAC 4594/182018-12-27 → 2018-12-29
    Man overboard from vessel bw oak in 24-56N 165-19E at 271313Z dec
    North Pacific
  35. HYDROPAC 4578/182018-12-26 → 2019-01-07
    F/V fu yuan yu 996 reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 06-40N 136-53W
    Eastern North Pacific
  36. HYDROPAC 4553/182018-12-22 → 2019-01-07
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz at 222028Z dec in: a. 07-49.4N 171-16.9E
    North Pacific · Marshall Islands
  37. HYDROPAC 4549/182018-12-22 → 2019-01-11
    Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 30-19.3N 132-59.3W
    Eastern North Pacific
  38. HYDROPAC 4438/182018-12-13 → 2018-12-28
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 05-09-05N 152-08-02E
    Western North Pacific
  39. HYDROPAC 4433/182018-12-13 → 2018-12-13
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 16-39.0N 155-02.5W at 130500Z dec
    Eastern North Pacific
  40. HYDROPAC 4416/182018-12-11 → 2018-12-11
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 10-13.2N 107-27.9W
    Eastern North Pacific
  41. HYDROPAC 4383/182018-12-08 → 2018-12-28
    Distress signals received on 406 mhz in 39-36-43N 147-25-33E at 080651Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  42. NAVAREA XII 548/182018-12-06 → 2018-12-07
    Vessel, two persons on board, unreported
    Eastern North Pacific · Colombia
  43. HYDROPAC 4334/182018-12-05 → 2018-12-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 37-08.5N 172-22.7E at 051119 dec
    North Pacific
  44. HYDROPAC 4314/182018-12-04 → 2018-12-07
    Derelict six meter vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in vicinity 31-02.9N 161-38.4E at 040030Z dec
    North Pacific
  45. HYDROPAC 4313/182018-12-03 → 2018-12-21
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V wookie in 52-41.9N 171-00.6E
    North Pacific · Bearing Sea · Alaska
  46. HYDROPAC 4302/182018-12-02 → 2018-12-21
    Eastern north pacific DNC 13
  47. HYDROPAC 4257/182018-11-29 → 2018-11-29
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-25.0N 125-46.1W at 0453Z nov
    Eastern North Pacific
  48. HYDROPAC 4252/182018-11-29 → 2018-12-14
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-53.8N 134-30.6E at 290639Z nov
    Western North Pacific
  49. NAVAREA XII 517/182018-11-23 → 2018-11-24
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 22-51.8N 178-28.2W at 231855Z nov
    North Pacific
  50. HYDROPAC 4195/182018-11-23 → 2018-11-23
    Distress signal received from M/V geraldine manx on 406 mhz in 34-49-55N 160-41-20E at 222344Z nov
    North Pacific

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