Incidents · sinking

F/V kisuka sank in 44-26N 146-00E

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 574/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-04-04 09:29Z

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) · MRCC VLADIVOSTOK 19 MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-19 09:01Z. 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: Sea of Okhotsk. The parsed report position is 44.433, 146.000. 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: 2009-03-19 09:01Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC VLADIVOSTOK 19 MAR 09.
issued by: MRCC VLADIVOSTOK
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 44.433, 146.000
vessel: F/V KISUKA
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

F/V KISUKA SANK IN 44-26N 146-00E. TWO PERSONS
MISSING. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP
A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS
TO MRCC VLADIVOSTOK, INMARSAT-C: 582492500379,
PHONE: 742 3249 5522, 742 3222 7782,
FAX: 742 3249 5895, E-MAIL: VLDVMRCC@VLD.PMA.RU.

Reading this warning

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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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

9 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 at 240907Z apr in: a. 42-33.83N 132-32.51E2024-04-24
Vessel, two persons on board, unreported2014-01-07
Man overboard from vessel in 43-21N 146-00E at 110500Z apr2009-04-11
Five persons missing from F/V yosu maru no 31 vicinity 44-04.9N 145-39.4E2006-11-16
Person missing from F/V kurily vicinity 42-12N 144-06E at 300700Z mar2005-03-30
Person missing from F/V strelka in 43-30N 146-12E2003-11-28

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

Malokuril'skiy light 43-52.50N 146-48.80E range reduced to eight milesNav aids · 48.5 nm
Survey operations 15 jul thru 15 oct by M/V nikolay trubyatchinskiy along trackline joining 46-48.60N…Surveys · 69.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:06Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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