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LORAN STATION BACCARO
43 27 33.38 N 65 28 10.95 W
Citations:
Pictures:
Fact Sheet:
| Site Survey: |
Summer 1942 |
| Construction Date |
Summer 1942 |
| Constructed by: |
MIT/Contractors |
| Established: |
1 OCT 1942 |
| Disestablished: |
JAN 1982 |
| Operated by: |
Royal Canadian Navy |
| Chain: |
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| Station Letter designation: |
“B” |
| Station code name: |
BAKER |
| Station Unit Number: |
3 |
| Station nickname: |
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| On-air testing date: |
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| Operational date: |
1 OCT 1942 |
| Operations Ceased: |
312400Z DEC 1981 |
| Station Operation: |
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| Station pair: |
1L1 – MONTAUK POINT – SEP 1942-011800ZJUL1943
1L1/1H3 – NANTUCKET – 012200ZJUL1943 – DEC 1981
1L2/1H2 – DEMING – OCT 1942 – DEC 1981
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| Loran Rate: |
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| On-Air: |
1L1, SEP 1942
1L2, OCT 1942
1H2, 1 FEB 1950
1H3, 1 FEB 1950
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| Off-Air |
1L1, FEB 1950
1L2, FEB 1950
1H2, 31 DEC 1981
1H3, 31 DEC 1980
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| Monitor Rate: |
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| Equipment: |
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| Personnel Allowance: |
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| Miscellaneous: |
Ground broken Jun 19, 1942 – turned over to the Canadian Royal
Navy this date. Colac timer install 1975 |
| Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
OIC: LT Mary Orell Armstrong WRCNS WWII |
Citations:
Baccaro Station, Nova Scotia
As rate 1L1 (slave) from September 1942 to October 1942
As rate 1L2 (slave) from October 1942 to 1945.
Citation:
ARMSTRONG, Mary Orell, Lieutenant - Member - Order of the
British Empire (MBE) - WRCNS / OIC W/T Station Baccaro, N.S.
- Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 15 June 1946 and London
Gazette of 13 June 1946. Home: Fort William, Ontario. S/Lt,
WRCNS on 16 September 1944.
"For exemplary devotion to duty under difficult
conditions. As Officer-in-Charge of the isolated W/T Station
at Bacarro, Nova Scotia, Lieutenant Armstrong was
responsible for the operation and maintenance of highly
technical equipment and the administration of a station
where the maintenance of morale was of great importance. Her
constant cheerfulness throughout her appointment at Baccaro
won the admiration of those serving with her."
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