Incidents · disabled

46 foot F/V kaimi kai, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift in 26-26N 169-40W

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2210/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-12-12 10:20Z

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) · USCG HONOLULU 251147Z NOV 09.. Issued 2009-11-26 14:36Z. 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 26.433, -169.667. 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
2009-11-26 14:36Z
status
Archived notice
authority
USCG HONOLULU 251147Z NOV 09.
issued by
USCG HONOLULU
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
26.433, -169.667
vessel
F/V KAIMI KAI
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

46 FOOT F/V KAIMI KAI, WHITE HULL, THREE PERSONS
ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 26-26N 169-40W.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO
U.S. COAST GUARD HONOLULU HI. TELEX: 392401,
PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338,
E-MAIL: D14CC@USCG.MIL.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
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.

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

9 within 180 nm since 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 2026-10-03 21:49Z; 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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