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LORAN STATION BONAVISTA 48 41 46.22 N 53 05 13.74 W
Pictures:
Fact Sheet:
Site Survey:
Summer 1942
Construction Date
Aug – Sep 1942
Constructed by:
MIT - contracted
Established:
Disestablished:
Operated by:
USCG, 1942 – Sept 1, 1953 CANADA, SEPT 1, 1953 – DEC 31, 1980
Chain:
NORTH ATLANTIC, Canadian East Coast
Station Letter designation:
1L3, “V”
Station code name:
VICTOR
Station Unit Number:
05
Station nickname:
On-air testing date:
MAR 1943
Operational date:
15 JAN 1944
Operations Ceased:
312400Z DEC 1980
Station Operation:
Single MASTER
Station pair:
1L3 – BATTLE HARBOR
Loran Rate:
1L3
On-Air:
Off-Air
Monitor Rate:
Equipment:
Personnel Allowance:
Jan 1953 – LTJG, ETC, ET1, ET2, 4 ET3, RM1, CS1, HM1, EN1, EN3, DC2, 2 SN
Miscellaneous:
Original equipment lost to the sinking of SS CARIBOU Huts destroyed by fire 1946/47 Station transfer to Canada Sept 1, 1953
Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge
1st CO: James Koonce 1943 CO: LT George Homan 1947-48 CO: LT Robert Parkhust 1948-48 CO: LT Bernard Woods 1948-49
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