Salvage operations in progress until further notice by USS grapple vicinity 36-36N 075-20W
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 42/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-07-13 09:36Z
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) · USS GRAPPLE 210600Z FEB 05.. Issued 2005-02-21 06:48Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 36.600, -75.333. 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 Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2005-02-21 06:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- USS GRAPPLE 210600Z FEB 05.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- USS GRAPPLE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.600, -75.333
- vessel
- USS GRAPPLE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY USS GRAPPLE VICINITY 36-36N 075-20W. THREE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
5 within 180 nm since 2005 · 2 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.
- Underwater operations 30800Z aug to 180800Z sep by M/V atlantis in area within ten miles of 37-32.00N…2026-08-18
- Survey operations 23 jul until 26 aug by M/V fugro discovery along trackline joining 36-15.04N 071-25.95W,…2026-07-21
- Louisiana to maryland2022-10-10
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in areas bound by: a. 38-21N 072-24W, 38-14N…2020-05-21
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:53Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.