Distress signal received in 27-40N 153-54E
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 760/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-12 10:05Z
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 ALAMEDA 111144Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-11 12:05Z. 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 27.667, 153.900. 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
- 2011-03-11 12:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC ALAMEDA 111144Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- RCC ALAMEDA
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 27.667, 153.900
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN 27-40N 153-54E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO U.S. COAST GUARD ALAMEDA, TELEX: 230172343, PHONE: 510 437 3701, E-MAIL: RCCALAMED@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- 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)
24 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.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V northern defender in 30-26.08N 152-36.95E at 201019Z feb2023-02-20
- Derelict 24 meter vessel, capsized and adrift in vicinity 29-56.2N 151-55.9E at 240410Z dec2021-12-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zhen yuan yu 806 in 29-25-10N 153-25-36E at 042011Z jan2021-01-04
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V zhen yuan yu 806 in 29-48-28N 152-28-33E at 241442Z dec2020-12-24
- M/V sea nymph, blue and white hull, two persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in…2017-10-24
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel zhefengyu 13028 in 26-03-32N 152-55-26E at 260634Z aug2017-08-26
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 2026-10-03 12:32Z; 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.