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LORAN STATION SAN SALVADOR
24 07 16.25 N 74 27 04.72 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
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Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
JAN 1955 |
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Construction Date |
1955 1959 Mobile
Unit Waldo I
FEB 1958 to 12 APR 1958 Permanent station built |
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Constructed by: |
FEB 1958 to 12 APR
1958 - Mobile Construction Battalion |
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Established: |
FEB 1955 WALDO I
JUL 1959 Permanent station |
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Disestablished: |
14 JAN 1981 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
WALDO WEST INDIES;
BAHAMIAN
U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST |
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Station Letter designation: |
3L3, S
3L5, B |
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Station code name: |
WALDO I |
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Station Unit Number: |
NAVY 106 |
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Radio Call Sign: |
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Station aka: |
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On-air testing date: |
FEB 1955 WALDO I |
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Operational date: |
01 MAR 1955 WALDO I |
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Operations Ceased: |
312400Z DEC 1980 |
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Station Operation: |
01 MAR 1955 1968
Single MASTER (SM)
1968 31 DEC 1980 Double MASTER (DM) |
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Station pair: |
3L3 GRAND TURK
2L3, 3L2 - SOUTH CAICOS
3L5 JUPITER INLET |
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Loran Rate: |
2L3, 3L2, 3L5 |
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On-Air: |
3L3
01 MAR 1955
GRAND TURK
2L3 03 JUL 1959 SOUTH CAICOS
3L3 1968 SOUTH CAICOS
3L5 1969 JUPITER INLET |
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Off-Air |
3L3 03 JUL 1959 Slave
GRAND TURK operations relocated to SOUTH CAICOS
2L3 1968 Change of Rate
3L3 312400Z DEC 1980 Loran A phased out
3L5 312400Z DEC 1980 Loran A phased out |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
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Personnel Allowance: |
WALDO - 1 LTJG, 1
ETC, 1 ET1, 3 ET3, 3 SN |
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Miscellaneous: |
FEB 1955
Jul 1959 Mobile unit transmitting (WALDO I)
8 FEB 1958 CO assisted a disable Navy P5M to a mooring.
see below
JUL 1959 Permanent station |
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Commanding Officers / Officers in
Charge |
CO: LTJG Leon D Santman 1955 - 1956
CO: LTJG Leo Jordan 1958 - 1959
CO: LTJG Keith R Ellington 1967 - 1968
CO: LTJG Cahalan 1968 - 1969
CO: LTJG Bye 1970 - 1971
CO: LTJG Wiley 1971 - 1972
CO: LTJG Oberst 1974 APR 1975
CO: LTJG Freddy Montoya APR 1975 APR 1976
CO: LTJG Ty G Waterman 1977 - 1978
Last CO: LTJG Kent Mack 1980 - JAN 1981 |
8 FEB 1958-A U.S. Navy P5M aircraft enroute from
San Juan to Norfolk lost one engine and changed course to the island
of San Salvador, British West Indies, to attempt a night ditching.
AIRSTA Miami sent up a Coast Guard UF amphibian plane, later
reinforced by a second amphibian. After contacting the disabled US
Navy plane, the pilot of the first amphibian talked the Navy pilot
out of attempting to ditch without benefit of illumination and
alerted the commanding officer of the Coast Guard LORAN station on
San Salvador for assistance after ditching. In true Coast Guard
tradition, the LORAN stations CO borrowed a truck and an 18- foot
boat to assist. The commanding officer managed to be on the scene 1
1/2 miles offshore, when the Navy P5M landed with two minutes of
fuel remaining. While one of the amphibians provided additional
illumination, the Navy plane was guided through a dangerous reef to
a mooring, using her operative port engine. There were no
casualties. Article from CG News Today in Coast Guard History
February 8
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Loran Station San Salvador
The below photos were contributed by Myron Hale c./1965
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