Loran Station Cape Sarichef - loran-history.info

Site Survey:
Construction Date	JUL – SEP 1943
Constructed by:	CONSTRUCTION DET “A”
Established:	SEP 1943
Disestablished:	JAN 1945 – Monitor Station JUL 1980 - Loran Transmitting Station
Operated by:	USCG
Chain:	BERING SEA
Station Letter designation:	1L3, “S”
Station code name:	YOKE
Station Unit Number:	25
Station nickname:
On-air testing date:	MONITOR – SEP 1943 1L6 – JAN 1950
Operational date:	1L6 – 01 FEB 1950 1L3 – MAY 1961
Operations Ceased:	1L6 – MAY 1961 1L3 – 30 2400Z JUN 1979
Station Operation:	MONITOR – 1L1,1L2 DEC 43 – DEC 44 MONITOR – 1L2, 1 JUL 47 – 1950 Single SLAVE/SECONDARY 1950 - 1979
Station pair:	MONITOR – 1L1, 1L2 ST PAUL, ST MATTHEW, UMNAK 1L6, 1L3 - ADAK
Loran Rate:	MONITOR – 1L1, ST PAUL & ST MATTHEW MONITOR – 1L2, ST PAUL & UNMAK 1L6 – ADAK 1L3 - ADAK
On-Air:	MONITOR, SEP 1943 1L6, 01 FEB 1950 1L3, MAY 1961
Off-Air	MONITOR, DEC 1944 1L6, MAY 1961 1L3, 30 JUN 1979
Monitor Rate:	1L1, 1L2 SEP 1943 – DEC 1944
Equipment:	AN/FPN-30, T-325C, AM-1700, AN/FPA-3B
Antenna Type:	129ft TWR, AS-1088-TRN
Personnel Allowance:	JAN 1953 – LTJG ETC, ET2, 3 ET3, RM2, CS1, HM1, EN1, EN2, DC2, 2 FN, SN 1 FN FOR LIGHT Oct 1955 – 1 Officer, 16 enlisted
Miscellaneous:	Bering Sea Chain: Testing 10 hr service 18 OCT 43 16 hr service 10 NOV 43 22 hr service 01 JAN 44 24 hr service 10 JUL 44 1946 Tidal Wave Killed several CG personnel @ the LT House 1950 - Station re-built 24 APR 1952 – Name change from LTS Unimak Island to Cape Sarichef Comdt Ltr 24 APR 1952 NAME CHANGE 1967 from UNIMAK ISLAND * On the NOTAM
Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge	1st OINC: CRM Guy Bellinger 1944-45 1st CO: LTJG Lawrence O Hamilton 1950 CO: LTJG Robert E Walsh ? – 13 JUL 1951 CO: LTJG H. G. Weber 13 JUL 1951 – CO: LTJG J A Hadley ? – 19 DEC 1952 CO: ENS J A Logan 19 DEC 1952 - 14 JAN 1953 CO: LTJG J A Hadley 14 JAN 1953 – CO: LTJG Lawrence O Hamilton ? – 1 MAY 1955 CO: ENS John D Hosfield 1 MAY 1955 - CO: LTJG George K Greiner 1956 – 22 MAY 1957 CO: LTJG Henry J Roehner 22 MAY 1957 – 24 MAY 1958 CO: LTJG Joel R Swanson 24 MAY 1958 – 22 MAY 1959 CO: LTJG Charles W Faircloth 22 MAY 1959 – 28 MAY 1960 CO: LTJG Ronald G Malone 28 MAY 1960 – 22 MAY 1961 CO: LTJG John E. Footit 22 MAY 1961 – 30 MAY 1962 CO: LTJG Garret T Bush 30 MAY 1962 – 28 MAY 1963 CO: LTJG William T Troutman 28 MAY 1963 – 30 MAY 1964 CO: LTJG John L Patterson 30 MAY 1964 - 1965 CO: LTJG Jack Malsom MAY 1966 – MAY 1967 CO: LT Donald G Campbell May 1967 - 1968 CO: LTJG Peter Lawson NOV 1968 – MAR 1969 CO: Ira Stolzenberg DEC 1970 – MAR 1971 CO: LTJG G Hale MAR 1971- 1972 CO: LTJG James Friderici 1972 - 1973 CO: Charles D Wurster 1973 – APR 1974 CO: LTJG George (Mike) McNiff APR 1974 – APR 1975 CO: LTJG S. Jorgensen APR 1975 - 1976 CO: LTJG Robert Petko 1976 - 1977 CO: LTJG Tom Vorholt 1978 - 1979

Pictures: Click on image for larger picture.

Picture from google earth.

The photos below were contribute by Gene Wagner c./1961

ET Wagner

Sarichef Light - Quonset hut - loran building

Front of the station

Loran building and Antennas

Back of the station

Timers

Loran Transmitters

ET stockroom

ET on watch (scope locked to Adak)

Station Christmas Party (Gene Wagner on right)

Station CO (LTJG Footit and Co of AF radar site) at the Christmas party

Crew in dayroom with our wild duck

A bit of R&R fishing

R&R with some of the crew

Log flight from Kodiak (C-123)

New ride

Old station below the new station

Old CG station on beach - notice the white seal

Burning of the old station

AF radar site on hill above the station

Old WWII Navy base near Scotch Cap

Old Prospector cabin

Old Scotch Cap foundation - lighthouse
1 Apr 1946 tidal wave several CG personnel perished

Thanks Gene!

The photos below were contributed by Bernie Holland

Station Girlfriend at the bar.

AN/FPN-30 Loran A Timer circa mid 60s

Radio Room c./1967

Circa 1960s

The baby seal that swam up to where we were fishing and it would not leave. We believed the mother was killed by a pod of Orka's going through the pass that day as it showed up on the beach where we were fishing and would not leave. The baby was put back in the water and eventually disappeared.

Dennis Nelson

1966 Crew

The photo is of Dennis Sherril who was the 1st class radioman who ran all our phone patches and Ham station (KL7CGA)

The photo is of Reeve Grummond Goose that a gentleman named "Swede Erickson" flew usually into Scotch Cap and let me say that on several flights I was on in the co-pilots chair when we moved supplies from Cape Sarichef to Scotch Cap were scary trips at best between the wind, rain and snow. ;-) We loved it and would do a quick "Paper, Scissors, Rock" to see who got to sit up front!

Recreation - Ray Hale c./1967

Station Vehicles c./1967

Thanks Bernie!

The photos below were contributed by Ray Hale

Christmas card - Station building

Thanks Ray!

Again Bernie Holland contribute some more

Old Scotch Cap Light Station c./1967
Joe Britt c./1967

L to R: Ray Hale, Ray Hale, Joe Britt & Ray Hale c./1967

On Left: Bobby Sullivan, Ray Gillette, BM1 Wendland
On Right: Bobby Sullivan, Bernie Holland

The Dump c./1967

And one of the neighbors

And the man who has provided most of the memoirs

Thanks again Bernie!

Photo contributed by Michael Brewton

c./1967

Thanks Michael!

Documents

1960s Cape Sarichef Info Book