comdtinst m16114.32c - U.S. Coast Guard

Part 2 – Operations and Missions
Chapter 3 – Standards of Boat Operations
Section E. Position and Status Reports
Introduction
E.1. Policy
E.2. Lost
Communications
This section discusses the use and maintenance of various reports made
while underway.
Position and status reports are required for all boats as Reference (ff).
Boats underway shall establish communications contact at least every
thirty (30) minutes. The communication interval between boat and shore
facility/Cutter shall be reduced during periods of increased risk of
mishap (night, bad weather, etc.), or in environmental conditions that
reduce survival time (cold, surf, etc.).
A shore facility/Cutter losing contact with a Coast Guard boat is
responsible for reestablishing communications with the boat directly or
through another unit. If a boat fails to check in on the primary or
secondary frequency within ten minutes of the communication schedule,
the guarding unit shall initiate the following action. The Command
Cadre of the boat’s parent command shall be notified first, followed by
the Operational Commander (OPCON), then the cognizant District
Command Center. If the boat remains un-located, an immediate Urgent
Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) shall be released. Following the
UMIB, an immediate precedence message shall be released as follows:
O DDHHMMMZ MMMYY (Date-time -group)
FM (Unit reporting the lost communication)
TO COGARD SECTOR (if not the originator)
COGARD DISTRICT RCC
(all adjacent units, e.g. STA, ANT, etc.)
(Boats parent command)
INFO (Appropriate Area Command Center)
(Adjacent Sectors and Cognizant District Command Center)
BT
UNCLAS E F T O//N02001//
SUBJ: LOST COMMS REPORT
1. ORIG LOST COMMS WITH COGARD BOAT (list hull number).
LAST COMMS ON (list appropriate frequency).
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