Incidents · distress

Distress signal received in 40-47.3N 149-11.9W

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1484/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-06-01 11:16Z

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 SEATTLE 231135Z MAY 13 - NAVAREA VIII 294/13 231004Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-23 13:20Z. 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 40.788, -149.198. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
1. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 40-47.3N 149-11.9W.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
   A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO RCC SEATTLE, PHONE: 206 220 7001,
   FAX: 206 220 7009, E-MAIL: D13CC@USCG.MIL.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1335/13(61,63) AND 1373/13(63).

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.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Cancellation reference: A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC: The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

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

10 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 39-27.5N 149-13.9W2021-09-03
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-39.3N 151-47.0W at 250017Z oct2017-10-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel sydney spirit in 39-54.7N 146-31.8W vessels in vicinity…2017-04-14
Hawaii to alaska2014-05-17
Hawaii to alaska2013-08-03
EPIRB overboard in 39-34.4N 151-52.3W2012-09-05

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 04:35Z; 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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