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21 foot vessel sea swirl, white hull, two persons on board, adrift in vicinity 15-00N 144-00E

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3496/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-12-11 13:45Z

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) · RCC GUAM 270735Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-27 08:23Z. 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 15.000, 144.000. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2020-11-27 08:23Z
status: Archived notice
authority: RCC GUAM 270735Z NOV 20.
issued by: RCC GUAM
sea: Philippine Sea
position: 15.000, 144.000
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
DNC 12.
21 FOOT VESSEL SEA SWIRL, WHITE HULL,
TWO PERSONS ON BOARD, ADRIFT IN VICINITY
15-00N 144-00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO RCC GUAM,
PHONE: 671 355 4824, 671 355 4910,
FAX: 671 355 4831,
E-MAIL: RCCGUAM@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.
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.
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)

176 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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 20:17Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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