Incidents · distress

Distress signal received from 205 foot F/V, gray hull, in vicinity 41-31-30N 172-49-40E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1870/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-28 13:13Z

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) · JRCC JUNEAU 080219Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-08 02:44Z. 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 41.525, 172.828. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 24.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM 205 FOOT F/V,
GRAY HULL, IN VICINITY 41-31-30N 172-49-40E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC JUNEAU,
PHONE: 907 463 2000,
FAX: 907 463 2023,
E-MAIL: JRCCJUNEAU@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.
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.

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

20 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.

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Man overboard from vessel in 40-16.4N 175-00.4E2021-07-29
Distress signal received in 43-31.1N 172-14.2E2019-10-24
Derelict 30 meter vessel, white hull, capsized and adrift in 38-55.8N 174-27.0E at 250330Z nov2011-11-25
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 39-33.0N 172-32.9E at 061000Z aug2011-08-06
Distress signal received in 41-43.6N 170-40.2E2011-08-03

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 21:33Z; 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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