loran-history.info

    Home
    Contact us

Personnel Roster
    Complete Roster
    Search by Unit
    Search by Last Name

Guest Book
    View the Guest Book
    Sign the Guest Book

Links of Interest
    What is a Loranimal?
    Reminiscing
    Amelia Earhart Project
    Loranimals Health Discussion Group

Miscellaneous
    Documents and Pictures

MCPO Dietz's Files

  Power points
      Loran-A Coverage
      Loran-C Coverage

  Excel
      Miscellaneous

      Loran-A Chains

Loran Stations
    Adak
    Aguni
    Amchitka
    Angaur Island
    Angissoq
    Aquadilla
    Atafu
    Attu
    Baccaro
    Baker
    Barrigada
    Batan
    Battle Harbor
    Baudette
    Biloxi
    Biorka
    Bo
    Bodie Island
    Boise City
    Bona Vista
    Cameron
    Comfort Cove 
    Canton Island
    Caribou
    Cape Atholl
    Cape Blanco
    Cape Christian
    Cape Hatteras
    Cape Race
    Cape San Blas
    Cape San Juan
    Cape Sarichef
    Carolina Beach
    Catanduanes
    Conson
    Dana
    Deming
    East Blockhouse
    Ejde
    Eniwetok
    Estaca de Vares
    Estartit
    Fallon
    Fenwick Island
    Flores
    Folly Island
    Fredricksdal
    French Frigate Shoals
    Galveston
    Gardner Island
    Garths Ness
    George
    Gesashi
    Gillette
    Grand Isle
    Grand Turk Island
    Grangeville
    Gray Point
    Guam Island
    Hachijo Jima
    Marthas Vineyard
    Hasaki
    Havre
    Hobe Sound
    Hokkaido
    Ichi Hanare
    Iwo Jima
    Jan Mayen
    Johnson Island
    Jupiter
    Kargabarum
    Kauai
    Keflauik
    Kodiak
    Kure Island
    Kutdlek
    Kwajalein
    Lampang
    Lampedusa
    Las Cruces
    Majuro
    Makin
    Malone
    Mangersta
    Marcus Island
    Marshall Point
    Martha's Vineyard
    Matagorda
    Matratin
    Matsumae
    Middletown
    Miho Bay
    Miyako Jima
    Molokai
    Montauk Point
    Morotai
    Nantucket
    Narrow Cape
    Naulo Point
    Newton Point
    Niigata
    Niihau
    Nipisat
    Nomaike
    Ocean Cape
    Okama Saki
    Orsuiagssuaq
    Oshima
    Ottisi
    Palau
    Point Arena
    Point Arguello
    Point Grenville
    Point Sur
    Porspodor
    Port-Aux-Basques
    Port Clarence
    Port Hardy
    Port Isabel
    Porto Santo
    Pulo Anna
    Pusan

 
  Raymondville
 
  Sagres Point
    Saipan Island
    San Mateo Point
    San Salvador
    Sandur
    Sandy Hook
    Santa Maria
    Sattahip
    Searchlight
    Sellia Marina
    Seneca
    Shaw
    Shoal Cove
    Sitkinak
    Skuvanes
    Spring Island
    Spruce Cape
    South Caicos
    St George
    St Matthew
    St Paul
    Sylt
    Talampulan
    Tan My
    Tarumpitao
    Tarva
    Tok
    Tsushima
    Ulithi
    Umnak
    Upolo Point
    Venice
    Vik
    Wake Island
    Weybourne
    Williams Lake
    Yap
    Yonakuni

Monitor Stations
    Bermuda

    Cape Chiniak
    Chatham
    Hilo
    Kodiak
    Majuro
    Midway

    Ratidian Point
    Sardinia
    Shetlands

Other Entities
    Construction Comand Unit 203
    Construction Det "A"
    Guam Advance Base
    Subic Bay
    Wildwood

External Links
    Coast Guard Historian Loran Units

    Jerry Proc's Hyperbolic Radio Navigation Systems Page

 

LORAN STATION BILOXI
30 23 N 88 52 W

Pictures

Fact Sheet

Site Survey:

 

Construction Date

1949

Constructed by:

U.S. Air Force

Established:

1949

Disestablished:

1968

Operated by:

1949 – FEB 1955 USAF
18 FEB 1955 – JAN 1981 USCG

Chain:

GULF OF MEXICO

Station Letter designation:

 

Station code name:

 

Station Unit Number:

 

Station nickname:

 

On-air testing date:

1952

Operational date:

1952

Operations Ceased:

1968

Station Operation:

2H1 – Single SLAVE
3H1 – Single MASTER

Station pair:

2H1, 3H1 – CAPE SAN BLAS

Loran Rate:

2H1, 3H1

On-Air:

2H1 – 1952
3H1 - 1964

Off-Air

2H1 – 1964
3H1 - 1968

Monitor Rate:

 

Equipment:

 

Personnel Allowance:

 

Miscellaneous:

1949 – 18 FEB 1955 US Air Force operated the station
18 FEB 1955 station transferred to USCG
Station closed in 1968 and moved to Grand Isle

Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge

 

Pictures 

 

Copyright © 2008, loran-history.info