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LORAN STATION MARCUS
24 17 07.700 N 153 58 51.500 E
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Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
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Construction Date |
Construction
commence 1963 commissioning 1 Nov 1963 |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
JUL 1963 |
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Disestablished: |
30 SEP 1994 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
NORTHWEST PACIFIC |
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Station Letter designation: |
SS-3, 9970 W
7930 M |
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Station code name: |
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Station Unit Number: |
14-40178 |
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Radio Call Sign: |
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Station aka: |
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On-air testing date: |
25 JUL 1963 SS-3
Normal Star configuration
17 MAR 1964 SS-3 MARCUS MASTER Chain reconfiguration
21 DEC 1964 SS-3 Normal Star configuration |
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Operational date: |
21 JAN 1964 |
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Operations Ceased: |
30 SEP 1994 |
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Station Operation: |
SS-3, 9970 - Single
SLAVE/SECONDARY WHISKEY
7930 Single MASTER |
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Station pair: |
SS-3, 9970 - GESASHI,
HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, YAP
7930 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, YAP
9970 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, BARRIGADA |
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Loran Rate: |
SS-3, 9970, 7930 |
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On-Air: |
SS-3 21 JAN 1964 -
GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, YAP
SS-3 (M) 25 MAY 1964 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO
SS-3 1 JAN 1965 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, YAP
9970 25 FEB 1975 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, YAP
7930 (M) 210300Z FEB 1981- GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, YAP
9970 310700Z MAR 1981 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, YAP
9970 1987 - GESASHI, HOKKAIDO, IWO JIMA, BARRIGADA |
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Off-Air |
SS-3 MAR 1964
Both Yap and IWO tower failures
SS-3 21 DEC 1964 Tower repaired @ IWO & YAP
SS-3 25 FEB 1975 Change of rate
9970 202300Z FEB 1981 Chain reconfiguration IWO off air
7930 310300Z MAR 1981 Maintenance completed @ IWO
9970 1987 YAP operations transferred to BARRIGADA
9970 30 SEP 1994 Loran C phased out |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
1963 - AN/FPN-45/46,
1350ft Twr, 1.8m
1968 - Clarinet Pilgrim installed
1986/87 - Twr replaced with 700 ft
30 SEP 1994 Station transferred to JAPAN |
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Personnel Allowance: |
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Miscellaneous: |
MAR 1964 -
Chain reconfigured due to Iwo and Yap tower failures
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Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
CO: LT Anderson
1963-64
CO: LT Leahy 1964-65
CO: LT King 1965-66
CO: LT Brooks 1966-67
CO: LT Larry Jasmann 1974-75
CO: LT Alex LeGault 1977 4mos
CO: LT Love 1985-86
CO: LT Tikkanen 1986-87
CO: LTJG Brian Benson 1987-88
CO: LT Jim Koshar 1989-90 |
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The shadow shows the Loran Tower is still standing.
My guess is the tower may have been re-commissioned for a VLF Non-Directional Beacon.
---Joe Jester
Picture from
google earth.
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