Distress signal received on 243 mhz at 170755Z jul in 44-30.1N 176-10.8E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1339/06
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2006-08-30 20:53Z
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) · U.S. COAST GUARD 170755Z JUL 06.. Issued 2006-07-17 10:02Z. 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 44.502, 176.180. 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
- 2006-07-17 10:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- U.S. COAST GUARD 170755Z JUL 06.
- issued by
- U.S. COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 44.502, 176.180
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 243 MHZ AT 170755Z JUL IN 44-30.1N 176-10.8E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD JUNEAU, PHONE: 907 463 2000.
Reading this warning
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- 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)
8 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 42-00.00N 178-00.00E2023-07-26
- Vessel on fire in 43-30.00N 174-37.00E2022-10-07
- Distress signal received from vessel brilliant pioneer in 45-33N 175-46E2012-03-22
- M/V apj suryavir, 28 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 44-55N 176-07E at 202045Z dec2009-12-21
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz vicinity 45-00N 174-00E2008-10-19
- Distress signal received vicinity 44-17N 178-46E at 230655Z jul2006-07-24
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 2026-10-02 00:27Z; 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.