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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 (1952 Survey)
21 52 09.39 N 159 26 39.12 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
Pictures:
Fact Sheet:
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Site Survey: |
NOV – DEC 1943
1952 - Transmission Station |
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Construction Date |
MAY – 7 JUL 1944 |
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Constructed by: |
Construction Det “C” |
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Established: |
JUL 1944
8 NOV 1944 Station commissioned and turned over the 14th
District |
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Disestablished: |
JUL 1979 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
HAWAIIAN |
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Station Letter designation: |
2L5, “K”
2L4, 2L5, “M” 1953
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Station code name: |
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Station Unit Number: |
207, NAVY UNIT 35 |
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Station nickname/AKA: |
MAKAHUENA POINT |
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On-air testing date: |
2L4, OCT 1952
2L5, OCT 1952 |
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Operational date: |
2L4, 25 OCT 1952
2L5, 25 OCT 1952 |
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Operations Ceased: |
2L4,
2L5, 302400Z JUN
1979
2L6, 302400Z JUN 1979 |
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Station Operation: |
MONITOR – 2L0-2L1, 7
JUL 1944 – 47
Double SLAVE/SECONDARY - 25 OCT 1952 - 30 JUN 1979 |
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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 |
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Loran Rate: |
2L4, 2L5, 2L6
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On-Air: |
2L4, 25 OCT 1952 – FRENCH FRIGATE
SHOALS
2L5, 25 OCT 1952 – MOLIKAI
2L5, 08 JAN 1965 – UPOLO POINT
2L6, – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS |
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Off-Air |
2L4,
2L5, 08 JAN 1965 – MOLIKAI
2L5, 302400Z JUN 1979 – UPOLO POINT
2L6, 302400Z JUN 1979 – FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS |
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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 |
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Equipment: |
Dec 51 station was
dual rate low power
2 UE-1; 2 TEH
Aug 52 Station changed to dual rate high power |
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Antenna Type: |
280ft – Wind Turbine, DEC 1951 – JUN 1979 |
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Personnel Allowance: |
DEC 1951 – 1 Officer, 11 enlisted
JAN 1953 – LTJG, ETC, ET1, 3 ET3, CS1, EN1, EN3, DC2, 2 FN,
SN |
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Miscellaneous: |
Monitor
station built adjacent to Port Allen |
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Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
1st CO: LTJG John C Price Nov 1944 –
4 Oct 1945
Temp CO: ENS Ralph E Knight 3 Sep 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:
Hydrographer Office ltr; New Hawaiian Chain Mar 1952
(pdf)
Pictures:
Click on image for larger view
Loran Monitor Station picture from
google earth.
Loran Station picture from
google earth.
Comms Room
Year Unknown - photo provided by Ralph Emerson
The following newspaper article contributed by Bob Smith (cousin
of EN2 William Ellingsworth)
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