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LORAN STATION HOKKAIDO
42 44 37.000 N 143 43 09.060 E
Pictures
Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
JAN 1962 |
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Construction Date |
Summer 1962 -
Construction commenced |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
9 APR 1963
Commissioning ceremony |
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Disestablished: |
OCT 1993 - Transfer
to Japan |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
NORTHWEST PACIFIC |
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Station Letter designation: |
SS-3, 9970, 7930 –
“X” |
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Station code name: |
WING I |
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Station Unit Number: |
14-40176 |
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Radio Call Sign: |
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Station AKA: |
Tokachibuto |
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On-air testing date: |
SS-3 – 25 JUL 1963
SS-3 – 17 MAR 1964
SS-3 – 21 DEC 1964 |
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Operational date: |
21 JAN 1964 |
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Operations Ceased: |
30 SEP 1993 |
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Station Operation: |
Single
SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
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Station pair: |
SS-3, 9970 GESASHI,
IWO JIMA, MARCUS, YAP, BARRIGADA |
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Loran Rate: |
SS-3, 9970, 7930 |
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On-Air: |
SS-3 - 21 JAN 1964
SS-3 – 25 MAY 1964
SS-3 – 1 JAN 1965
9970 – 25 FEB 1975
7930 – 210300Z FEB 1981
9970 – 310700Z MAR 1981 |
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Off-Air |
SS-3 – MAR 1964 IWO
& YAP Off Air – Tower Failures
SS-3 – 21 DEC 1964 IWO & YAP On-Air
SS-3 – 25 FEB 1975 Change of Rate
9970 – 210300Z FEB 1981 IWO Off-Air Tower Maintenance
7930 – 310300Z MAR 1981 IWO On-Air
9970 – 30 SEP 1993 Loran C replaced by GPS |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
AN/FPN-46/44, 625ft
Tower, 1MW
1968 Clarinet Pilgrim installed |
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Antenna Type: |
625ft – Wind Turbine, Model 6000s, 1963 |
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Personnel Allowance: |
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Mascots |
1971 - Cho Cho and Lady |
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Miscellaneous: |
13 AUG
1962 Site Survey Report declassified |
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Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
1st CO: LT Robert Casper 1963 - 1964
2nd CO: LT R A Applebaum 1964 - 1965
CO: LT Thomas P Dolan 1974 - 1975
CO: LTJG Ronald R Borison 8 APR 1976 – 5 APR 1977
CO: LTJG Jacobs 1979 - 1980
CO: LTJG Butler 1984
CO: LTJG Robert S Walters 1987 - 1988
CO: LTJG George F. Young APR 1989 - APR 1990
CO: LTJG Joe J. Losciuto APR 1990 - 1991
CO: LTJG Vogelbacher 1991 |
Pictures - Click
on picture for larger image
c./1970's
Picture from
google earth.
The photos below were contributed by Beuferd Fletcher c./1989-90
Station Oct 1989
Station Tower
Anthony Patrick Glesner - STO 1988 - 1989 - Deceased
Timer Room - ET3 Ligon
CO Frank Young and future wife Kumiko
DC2 Chris Lumpkin - 1990
ELC3 Fletcher - Kimiko Abe - ET1 Ken Naine
MK1 Mike Bartholet - EM1 Raphael Mack - DC2 Chris Lumpkin
SA Steve Gordon
Mr. Oba - Intreperteur 1990
Shishi Hiromichi - Station cook - Deceased
Mr Hiromichi was aboard since the construction of the station
Kenoshita - station friend
Reservoir Thank You
Beuferd!
Mike Baughman with station mascots Cho Cho and Lady (German
Shepred) c./1971 Thanks Mike!
The below photos were contributed by Ray Chesley c./1971-72
Station Sign
Ray with the station mascots Cho-Cho and Lady
Ray on the bike
Ray's Room
Short Timer's Board
The boy's
Ray second from left, Doc (Stooping to left), EN3 Jean Louis
Dehoux "Frenchy" (Second from right)
The Zoo
The Water Treatment Plant
Thanks Ray! The below were
contributed by Myron Hale (CWO) c./1972-73
CWO Myron Hale and Chief Engineman
Personnel Inspection 1973
The station Thanks Myron!
Station Patch 66-67
Station Patch 1976
Found on Fred's Place |
