Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 15-35.5N 138-29.5E at 160129Z oct
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1791/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-10-16 08:47Z
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) · US COAST GUARD GUAM 160213Z OCT 07.. Issued 2007-10-16 03:01Z. 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 15.592, 138.492. 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
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 09-36S 143-15E at 160615Z octlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1789/072007-10-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1790/072007-10-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1791/07 · this notice2007-10-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1793/072007-10-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1997/072007-11-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2007-10-16 03:01Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- US COAST GUARD GUAM 160213Z OCT 07.
- issued by
- US COAST GUARD GUAM
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 15.592, 138.492
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 121.5 MHZ IN 15-35.5N 138-29.5E AT 160129Z OCT. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD GUAM, PHONE: 1 671 355 4910, FAX: 1 671 355 4831, E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@USCG.MIL.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
124 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 15-30.00N 136-30.00E at 280533Z jul2022-07-28
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 14-51.00N 136-29.00E at 231144Z may2022-05-23
- Aircraft ditched in 15-51.6N 137-54.0E aug at 041200Z aug2021-08-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 12-59N 138-14E2018-11-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 13-31.3N 138-18.8E2018-09-20
- Man overboard from F/V jin yuh long in vicinity 15-18N 136-53E at 190456Z jul2018-07-19
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 2026-09-24 16:21Z; 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.