Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 55-48.0N 174-14.6W
Bering Sea · HYDROPAC 3275/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-12-03 16:55Z
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 130917Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-13 09:29Z. 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
- Bering Sea. The parsed report position is 55.800, -174.243. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2021-11-13 09:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- US COAST GUARD 130917Z NOV 21.
- issued by
- US COAST GUARD
- sea
- Bering Sea
- position
- 55.800, -174.243
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BERING SEA. DNC 25. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ IN VICINITY 55-48.0N 174-14.6W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO US COAST GUARD, PHONE: 907 463 2000, OR VIA HF RADIO USCG COMCOM KODIAK.
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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
6 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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 from F/V frontier spirit in 56-34.7N 172-40.1W2018-11-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 98 foot F/V destination, blue hull, six persons on board, in…2017-02-12
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 98 foot F/V destination, blue hull, in 56-37.3N 169-57.8W2017-02-11
- Distress signal received from M/V stx bona in 54-31N 172-12W.VESSELS in vicinity requested to keep a sharp…2011-06-09
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V capitola vicinity 53-12N 173-15W2011-04-06
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 2026-09-30 20:47Z; 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.