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LORAN STATION ST.
MATTHEW
60 21 30 N 172 42 56 W (MIT 1948)
Pictures
Fact Sheet:
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Site Survey: |
SEP 1942 |
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Construction Date |
JUN – SEP
1943 |
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Constructed by: |
CONSTRUCTION DET “A” |
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Established: |
SEP 1943 |
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Disestablished: |
OCT 1946 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
BERING SEA |
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Station Letter
designation: |
1L1, “M” |
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Station code name: |
MIKE |
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Station Unit Number: |
CG Unit 05
Navy Unit 84 |
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Station nickname: |
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On-air testing date: |
11 SEP
1943 |
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Operational date: |
10 JUL
1944*
*Ten-hour service was instituted 18 October, 1943;
16-hour service on 10 November; 22-hour service on 1
January, 1944; and 24-hour service on 10 July, 1944.
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Operations Ceased: |
OCT 1946 |
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Station Operation: |
Single
SLAVE |
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Station pair: |
1L1, ST
PAUL |
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Loran Rate: |
1L1 |
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On-Air: |
11 SEP
1943 |
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Off-Air |
OCT 1946 |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
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Personnel Allowance: |
1943: 1 ENS/LTJG – 8 Radarmen – 5 Electronics Tech Mates
– 2 Motorman – 2 radioman – 4 seaman – 2 cooks |
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Miscellaneous: |
During
the testing period, five enlisted men set out from St.
Matthew Island in a small surfboat for a trip along the
shore to an Army weather station about 9 miles away, to pick
up a small gasoline engine generator. The men, boat, and all
equipment disappeared without a trace, despite the fact that
the sea was calm and that they had orders to remain within
200 yards of the shore. Searching parties failed to find any
clue other than a 5-gallon oil can which was known to have
been in the boat. The men lost were: HAGLUND, Floyd O.
(220-806 RM1c; BREIMO, Elmer O. (538-963) Cox. (R); and
MACLEAN, Thomas L. (636-878) Sea.1c (R). (CG at War Vol II).
28 JAN
1943 - CG directed to establish a LORAN station
One year
rotation establish in 1943.
CG released 24 female & 5 male reindeer shortly after
leaving the island
First station the decision was made that LORAN stations were
expendable. |
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Commanding Officers /
Officers in Charge |
1st CO: ENS Eugene T Barwick 1944-1/7/45
2nd CO: ENS Albert J Christman 1/7/45 – 11/27/45
3rd CO: LT Ellsworth O Swett 11/27/45 - |
Pictures: Click
on picture for larger images
Picture from
google earth.
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