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Loran Station Kauai
21 53 46.24 N 159 36 26.16 W (Monitor Location 1944-47)
21 52 20.605N – 159 26 48.063W (1950 Survey)
21 52 09.39 N 159 26 39.12 W (1960 Mercury Datum)

Pictures:

Fact Sheet:

Site Survey:	NOV – DEC 1943 1952 - Transmission Station
Construction Date	MAY – 7 JUL 1944
Constructed by:	Construction Det “C”
Established:	JUL 1944 8 NOV 1944 Station commissioned and turned over the 14^th District
Disestablished:	Monitor – 28 SEP 1948 JUL 1979
Operated by:	USCG
Chain:	HAWAIIAN
Station Letter designation:	2L5, “K” 2L4, 2L5, “M” 1953
Station code name:
Station Unit Number:	207, NAVY UNIT 35
Station nickname/AKA:	MAKAHUENA POINT
On-air testing date:	2L4, OCT 1952 2L5, OCT 1952
Operational date:	2L4, 25 OCT 1952 2L5, 25 OCT 1952
Operations Ceased:	2L4, 2L5, 302400Z JUN 1979 2L6, 302400Z JUN 1979
Station Operation:	MONITOR – 2L0-2L1, 7 JUL 1944 – AUG 47 Double SLAVE/SECONDARY - 25 OCT 1952 - 30 JUN 1979
Station pair:	2L4, 25 OCT 1952 – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS 2L5, 25 OCT 1952 – JAN 1965 – MOLIKAI 2L5, JAN 1965 – JUN 1979 – UPOLO POINT 2L6,– JUN 1979 – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS
Loran Rate:	2L4, 2L5, 2L6
On-Air:	2L4, 25 OCT 1952 – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS 2L5, 25 OCT 1952 – MOLIKAI 2L5, 08 JAN 1965 – UPOLO POINT 2L6, – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS
Off-Air	2L4, 2L5, 08 JAN 1965 – MOLIKAI 2L5, 302400Z JUN 1979 – UPOLO POINT 2L6, 302400Z JUN 1979 – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS
Monitor Rate:	2L0, 11 JUL 1944 – 01 JAN 1947, NIIHAU & HAWAII 2L1, 27 JUL 1944 – 01 JAN 1947, NIIHAU & FRENCH FRIGATE HAWAII CHAIN DECLARED OPERATIONAL: 19 OCT 1944 2L7, 8 JAN 1958 – 30 JUN 1979, JOHNSON & FFS
Equipment:	Dec 51 station was dual rate low power 2 UE-1; 2 TEH Aug 52 Station changed to dual rate high power
Antenna Type:	280ft – Wind Turbine, DEC 1951 – JUN 1979
Personnel Allowance:	DEC 1951 – 1 Officer, 11 enlisted JAN 1953 – LTJG, ETC, ET1, 3 ET3, CS1, EN1, EN3, DC2, 2 FN, SN
Miscellaneous:	Monitor station built adjacent to Port Allen
Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge	1st CO: LTJG John C Price Nov 1944 – 4 Oct 1945 CO: ENS Ralph E Knight 4 OCT 1945 – 1st CO: LT Harley E Dilcher 11 DEC 1951 – 19 NOV 1952 CO: LT Garth D Clizbe 19 NOV 1952 – 28 MAY 1954 CO: LTJG Ted L Gannaway 28 MAY 1954 – 15 MAY 1956 CO: LTJG James R Erwin 15 MAY 1956 - CO: LTJG James E Ferguson ? – 1 JUN 1960 CO: LTJG Robert L Bristol 1 JUN 1960 – 1 JUN 1962 CO: LTJG Peter G. Lauridsen 1 JUN 1962 – 1 JUN 1964 CO: LTJG James L. Shanower 1 JUN 1964 - 1966 CO: LTJG John Carlile 1966 - 1968 CO: LT Al Hudson 1970 - 1972 CO: LT Bruce Blandford 1972 -

Documentation:

01 AUG 1947 - Inactive Status Dispatch - pdf
14 JUN 1948 - Comdt Authority to Disestablish - pdf
04 OCT 1948 - D14 ltr Station Disestablish 28 Sep 1948 - pdf
26 MAY 1950 - Antenna Position location msg - pdf
Hydrographer Office ltr; New Hawaiian Chain Mar 1952 (pdf)
26 OCT 1960 - News Article of ET2 Death - contributed by R. L. Bristol
APR 1961 - News Article of LT R. L. Bristol - contributed by R. L. Bristol -
The article has several errors, LT Bristol was the XO of Yeaton, WSC-156 and while waiting for Loran assignment ("standby" in 1959), LT Bristol was assigned to Group New London (not "operating the lighthouse there"). Also, as is already correct in the website, Kauai was a double slave to Molokai and French Frigate Shoals, not just a single slave to French Frigate as indicated in the article