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LORAN STATION MARTHA'S VINEYARD
41 20 N 70 49 W
Pictures
Documents
Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
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Construction Date |
1957 |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
1957 |
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Disestablished: |
AUG 1962 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
U.S. EAST
COAST |
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Station Letter
designation: |
S0 Y |
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Station code name: |
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Station Unit Number: |
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Radio Call Sign: |
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Station aka: |
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On-air testing date: |
1957 |
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Operational date: |
12 AUG
1957 |
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Operations Ceased: |
AUG 1962 |
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Station Operation: |
Single
SLAVE YANKEE |
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Station pair: |
S0 -
CAROLINA BEACH, JUPITER |
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Loran Rate: |
S0 |
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On-Air: |
S0 12
AUG 1957
S0 OCT 1958 |
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Off-Air |
S0 SEP
1958 Hurricane Helen destroyed Carolina Beach Tower
AUG 1962 Station operations transferred to NANTUCKET
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
AN/FPN-15
(XW-1)Xtmr
LORAN "C" Test Site, 625ft
Equip XFER fm Forestport old CYTAC equipment |
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Personnel Allowance: |
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Miscellaneous: |
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Commanding Officers /
Officers in Charge |
CO: Lt
Leslie Mears 1961 |
Pictures - Click
on picture for larger image
 Picture from
google earth.
Loran Station under construction
Photo form MIT Radiation Laboratory Series Volume IV, Loran
Documents:
1962 HQ Memo ordering disestablishment of Station (pdf)
1962 HQ Letter to D1 ordering disestablishment of Martha's Vineyard
and establishing Loran A/C Station Nantucket (pdf)
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