Distress signal received from F/V defender in 56-31.80N 164-15.00W
Bering Sea · HYDROPAC 767/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-24 13:10Z
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 0/23 070932Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-07 09:54Z. 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 56.530, -164.250. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-03-07 09:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- US COAST GUARD 0/23 070932Z MAR 23.
- issued by
- US COAST GUARD
- sea
- Bering Sea
- position
- 56.530, -164.250
- vessel
- F/V DEFENDER · 7 messages
- 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 FROM F/V DEFENDER IN 56-31.80N 164-15.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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)
8 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 in vicinity 55-33.20N 159-58.80W2023-08-30
- Distress signal received in vicinity 58-25N 167-14W2018-09-28
- 140 foot F/V lilli ann, 20 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 55-14.52N 164-05.32W2018-01-29
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 53-44.55N 163-46.76W2015-07-09
- Noaa buoy 46073 capsized and adrift vicinity 56-11.5N 167-19.5W at 171900Z oct2013-10-19
- Vessel alaskan leader, 23 persons on board, on fire in 55-11N 167-31W2011-10-28
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
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 2026-10-02 12:24Z; 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.