Vessel, yellow bridge, three masts, awash and adrift in 04-48N 135-37E at 232305Z nov
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1050/96
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-03-13 00:00Z
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). Issued 1996-11-24 12:42Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 4.800, 135.617. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 1996-11-24 12:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 4.800, 135.617
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VESSEL, YELLOW BRIDGE, THREE MASTS, AWASH AND ADRIFT IN 04-48N 135-37E AT 232305Z NOV. REPORTS TO COAST GUARD GUAM.
Reading this warning
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 1996 · 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.
- Derelict seven meter F/V angel 1, blue hull, adrift in 06-05.3N 134-24.9E at 260200Z may2018-05-26
- Derelict 70 foot F/V, white and blue hull, partially submerged and adrift in 05-21N 133-55E2018-03-15
- Derelict ten foot long tank adrift in 07-41.86N 135-16.15E2012-09-14
- Derelict F/V partially submerged and adrift in 06-13.6N 137-48.8E at 181340Z jul2011-07-19
- Derelict vessel half sunk vicinity 05-42.6N 135-03.4E2006-06-22
- Derelict 68 ton F/V azuma maru 1 on fire and adrift in 04-14.8N 138-25.1E at 311455Z dec2001-12-31
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:03Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.