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Loran Stations
    Adak
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    Angissoq
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    Atafu
    Attu
    Baccaro
    Baker
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    Catanduanes
    Conson
    Dana
    Deming
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    Ejde
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    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 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

    Oak Island
    Ratidian Point
    Sardinia
    Shetlands
    St George

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

 

Documents and Miscellaneous Pictures

Planning, Implementation, and Installation Documents

Stations Operating during WWII (pdf)

Loran Station Biorka Survey April 24th - May 11th 1950 (pdf)

G-OAN-1 Letter 2 Jul 1951, Stations Operating in 1951  (pdf)

Loran Plan, 18 Jan 1952 (pdf)

Joint Communications-Electronics Committee dated 11 Sep 1952  (pdf)

Note by the Secretary April 29, 1953 (pdf)

Hydrographic Office Letter to G-OAN of 23 Jul 1953 (pdf)

G-OAN Letter to correct information from Hydrographic Office of 23 Jul 1953 (pdf)

G-O Letter to G-C of 13 July 1953 Proposing a chain, code named AUTO (pdf)

Draft Comments to Agenda Item (27), Annual Review of Loran Installation Plan, circa 1953 (pdf)

CYTAC JCEC 26/33 of 21 Mar 1957 (pdf)

Joint Chiefs of Staff Memo CECM-157-57 of 22 Mar 1957 (pdf)

Note by the Secretary to the Joint Aids to Navigation Panel, 10 Apr 1957 (pdf)

Secretary of Defense letter to Secretary of Treasury dated 30 Dec 1957 (pdf)

Participation by Foreign Governments in the Operation of Loran Stations Established under the Provisions of JCS Revised Loran Installation Plan (JCS 141/59) Enclosure 1 (pdf)

Loran Transmitting Stations in CG OPPLAN dated 9 Jan 1961 (pdf)

Enclosure 2 to CGOPPLAN dated 9 Jan 1961 (pdf)

Trip report, MEDSEA, November 1963 (pdf)

Coast Guard Documents

ENGINEERING EVALUATION of the LORAN–C NAVIGATION SYSTEM, FINAL REPORT, SEPTEMBER 30, 1959, JANSKY & BAILEY, INC - without graphics. 

The Loran-C System of Navigation, by Jansky and Bailey, February, 1962

CG-222 Aids to Navigation Manual, 1965 edition

The Coast Guard at War, WWII

WWII Commendations from the USAAC and CINPACFLT

United Nations Treaties pertaining to Loran

USA - Nicaragua 1959 Treaty Number 4797, to establish a Loran Station

ICAO Documents relating to Loran

ICAO News Release Apr 1947

ICAO News Release Sep 1956

ICAO-Denmark Agreement 1949

Geodetic Positions:

Loran-A Geodetic Positions 1941-1948

Other documents

C4ISR Journal article on eLoran 2008

Miscellaneous Pictures:

Typical Quonset Hut

Typical Equipment Hut circa WWII

Typical Loran Station circa 1940s

Typical Loran Station circa 1940s

AN/FPN-44/45 PA Tubes

AN/FPN-44/45 PA Tubes.  Not the long anode as these were water cooled.

Loran A System circa 1950

Loran A System, circa 1950

Loran A Coverage circa 1973

Loran A Coverage, circa 1973

Loran A chart 1113 dated 4 Aug 1973

Loran A Chart 1143, dated 4 August 1973

 

 

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