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LORAN STATION KURE ISLAND
28 23 41.770 N 178 17 30.200 W

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Fact Sheet

Site Survey:	William Liming - site survey member 9 OCT – 6 NOV 1959
Construction Date	Station construction commenced in 1960. 20 MAR 1961 - station commissioned. Station located on Green Island
Constructed by:
Established:	20 MAR 1961- Commissioned
Disestablished:	JAN 1993
Operated by:	USCG
Chain:	1961 – 1969: HAWAIIAN 1969 – 1992: CENTRAL PACIFIC
Station Letter designation:	“Y”
Station code name:	DOOR VI
Station Unit Number:
Radio Call Sign:	KO7
Station aka:
On-air testing date:	SH-4: 1961
Operational date:	011000Z JUL 1961
Operations Ceased:	31 DEC 1992
Station Operation:	Single SLAVE/SECONDARY “YANKEE”
Station pair:	SH-4, S-1, 4990: JOHNSTON ISLAND, UPOLO PT
Loran Rate:	SH-4, S-1, 4990
On-Air:	SH-4, 011000Z JUL 1961 S-1, 1969 4990, 25 FEB 1975
Off-Air	SH-4, 1969 Change of rate S-1, 25 FEB 1975 Change of rate 4990, 312400Z DEC 1992
Monitor Rate:
Equipment:	AN/FRN-41/42, 275k
Antenna Type:	625ft TWR
Personnel Allowance:
Station Mascot	1962 - ? Bridgette Bardog 1971 - Honey (Bridgette daughter)
Miscellaneous:	21 SEP 1959 – KURE declared a Bird Sanctuary under “Bird Project” 06 SEP 1960 Site Survey Report declassified APR 1970 – Unit received letter of commendation from Mr. Goddard for the assistance with the translunar injection phase of the Apollo 13 recovery. 1962 – CO and DC capsized runabout and spent several hours in the water. 1971 – raised the first baby Monk seal in captivity; per Hawaii Fisheries and game Provided relieve to 76 passengers Dec 1986 – “Christmas with MacDonald at Kure” . MacDonald crew from Honolulu was 'stranded' overnight due to a mechanical problem with the C-130. Summer 1987 – Discovery Channel on island to film the NMFS Monk Seal project.
Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge	1st CO: LTJG J.J. Muldoon 1960 - 1961 CO: LTJG Bates 1961 -1962 CO: LTJG David McCann 1962 - 1963 CO: LTJG J. B. Goodwin 1963 - MAY 1964 CO: LTJG David A Worth May 1964 – May 1965 CO: LT Dean Greenough MAY 1965 CO: LT Connell 1967 - 1968 CO: LTJG Malcolm B Playfair 1970 - 1971 CO: LTJG Joel Greenberg 1971 - 1972 CO: LTJG Robert Hoyt 1972 - 1973 CO: LTJG Byrant Nolan 1973 – JUN 1974 CO: LTJG John Larned JUN 1974 – JUN 1975 CO: LTJG Derek Bratton JUN 1975 - CO: LTJG Jerzy Kichner 1976 - 1977 CO: LTJG Henry Bailey 1977 - 1978 CO: LTJG James Stark 1978 - 1979 CO: LTJG Mike Farrell – 1979 - 1980 CO: LTJG Daniel C Whiting 1980 - 1980 CO: LTJG Mike Scanlon 1980 - 1981 CO: LT Bob O'Connell FEB 1983 –FEB 1984 CO: LTJG David Ely FEB 1984 – FEB 1985 CO: LTJG Luilla Lee FEB 1985 - MAR 1986 CO: LTJG Michael D Sakahara MAR 1986 – MAR 1987 CO: LTJG Robert W Sheen MAR 1987 – MAR 1988 CO: LTJG Jeff Schnieder MAR 1988 - 1989 CO: LTJG John M Fitzgerald 1989 - 1990 CO: LTJG Fred J Milbury 1990 - 1991 CO: LTJG James B Nicholson 1991 - 1992 Last CO: LTJG Caruso 1992 - 1993 CO: LTJG Mike Farrell – Year Unknown CO: LTJG David A Worth – Year Unknown CO: LTJG Jerzy J Kichner mid 70's