Vessel disabled and adrift 15 miles north of guam (13-30N 144-48E)
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1300/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-04-26 07:55Z
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) · COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 171802Z APR 15.. Issued 2015-04-17 18:22Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 13.500, 144.800. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
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Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2015-04-17 18:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 171802Z APR 15.
- issued by
- COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 13.500, 144.800
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILIPPINE SEA. GUAM. DNC 12. VESSEL DISABLED AND ADRIFT 15 MILES NORTH OF GUAM (13-30N 144-48E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD SECTOR GUAM, PHONE: 671 355 4824, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@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.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
5 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 M/V lien navfich, white hull with red trim, partially submerged and adrift in 11-42.72N 144-12.06E…2021-01-16
- 18 foot M/V the litio disabled and adrift in 13-07.11N 144-30.11E2016-10-09
- Derelict 25 foot vessel carmelita, white hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 15-02N 145-23E at…2016-06-18
- Derelict 42 foot F/V, white hull blue trim, adrift in 15-12-00N 144-20-54E at 101105Z apr2011-04-13
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
- Uscg remote communication facility guam 13-29.00N 144-50.00E broadcast and communication services unreliableNav aids · 2.2 nm
- Guam hf NAVTEX station, V, 13-29.0N 144-50.0E, off airNav aids · 2.2 nm
- Hazardous operations 252000Z to 261000Z sep in area bound by 13-32.00N 144-04.00E, 13-32.00N 144-27.00E,…Exercises · 33.7 nm
- Due to tropical storm bavi: 1. the following port(s) are closed: a. rota island 14-08.35N 145-08.09EStorms · 45.6 nm
- Due to tropical storm, the following ports are closed, until further noticeStorms · 108.7 nm
- Hazardous operations 2200Z to 1000Z daily 28 thru 30 sep in area bound by 12-40.00N 144-45.00E, 11-00.00N…Exercises · 118 nm
- Hazardous operations 292300Z to 300900Z sep and 302300Z sep to 010700Z oct in area bound by 12-40.00N…Exercises · 118 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:33Z; 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.