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24 foot vessel, four persons on board disabled in 29-13.42N 087-47.37W at 221222Z oct

Gulf of Mexico · HYDROLANT 2409/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-10 11:33Z

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) · RCC NEW ORLEANS 0/23 221441Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-22 14:50Z. 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
Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 29.224, -87.790. 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

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  1. HYDROLANT 2037/232023-09-10 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 2409/23 · this notice2023-10-22 · Archived notice
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issued
2023-10-22 14:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RCC NEW ORLEANS 0/23 221441Z OCT 23.
issued by
RCC NEW ORLEANS
sea
Gulf of Mexico
position
29.224, -87.790
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF MEXICO.
ALABAMA.
DNC 15.
24 FOOT VESSEL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD
DISABLED IN 29-13.42N 087-47.37W AT 221222Z OCT.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC NEW ORLEANS,
PHONE: 855 485 3727,
E-MAIL: D8COMMANDCENTER@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.
Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

136 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-09-24 21:36Z; 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) →

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