Tug david m krause, eight persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 17-30.79N 071-47.58W
Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 2164/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-10-13 15:06Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RSC SAN JUAN 0/23 251948Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-25 20:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 17.513, -71.793. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 2109/232023-09-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2164/23 · this notice2023-09-25 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-09-25 20:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RSC SAN JUAN 0/23 251948Z SEP 23.
- issued by
- RSC SAN JUAN
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.513, -71.793
- vessel
- TUG DAVID M KRAUSE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. DNC 14. TUG DAVID M KRAUSE, EIGHT PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 17-30.79N 071-47.58W. VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RSC SAN JUAN, PHONE: 787 289 2041, E-MAIL: SSJCC@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
44 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- S/V, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance in 20-19.69N 072-09.07W2024-03-08
- Distress signal received from S/V gaia in 18-04.93N 073-01.73W2023-11-09
- Distress signal received from vessel in 17-15.99N 072-13.15W2023-09-20
- Distress signal received from M/V marella discovery, 2542 persons on board, in 20-21.10N 071-53.50W2023-07-07
- Distress signal received from 38 foot S/V freedom, white hull, one person on board, in vicinity 20-20.40N…2023-02-28
- Vessel capsized in 15-04.17N 073-06.01W2023-02-12
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:37Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.