Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 25-42.2N 134-38.0E
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2772/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-09-16 08:41Z
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) · USS GERMANTOWN 130512Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-13 08:41Z. 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 25.703, 134.633. 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 Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2016-09-13 08:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-09-16 08:41Z
- authority
- USS GERMANTOWN 130512Z SEP 16.
- issued by
- USS GERMANTOWN
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 25.703, 134.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILIPPINE SEA. DNC 12. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 25-42.2N 134-38.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160841Z SEP 16.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
21 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- M/V mamautari disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 26-08.1N 135-20.0E at 152300Z jul2018-07-16
- M/V mamautari adrift due to engine failure in 26-23.73N 135-42.63E at 141100Z jul2018-07-14
- Derelict F/V ming fu tsai, on fire and adrift in 25-28.8N 135-06.0E at 091800Z feb2015-02-09
- 15 meter F/V yujin maru disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 23-46N 133-26E at 202100Z jan2015-01-20
- 15 meter F/V yujin maru nr 21 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 24-00N 133-39E at 200300Z jan 152015-01-20
- 15 meter F/V yujin maru nr 21 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 24-09.8N 133-49.5E at 190515Z jan…2015-01-19
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:04Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.