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LORAN STATION TAN MY
16 33 N 107 39 E
Pictures
Fact Sheet
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Site Survey: |
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Construction Date |
1969 |
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Constructed by: |
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Established: |
1969 |
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Disestablished: |
29 APR
1975 |
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Operated by: |
USCG |
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Chain: |
SH-3
SOUTHEAST ASIA |
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Station Letter
designation: |
SH-3 “Z” |
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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: |
1969 |
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Operational date: |
1969 |
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Operations Ceased: |
29 APR
1975 |
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Station Operation: |
Single
SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
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Station pair: |
SH-3 CON
SON, LAMPANG, SATTAHIP |
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Loran Rate: |
SH-3 |
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On-Air: |
SH-3 1969 |
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Off-Air |
SH-3 29
APR 1975 US DEPARTURE FROM VIETNAM |
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Monitor Rate: |
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Equipment: |
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Antenna Type: |
625ft – Trylon, Model 6000s, 1969 – Apr 1975 |
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Personnel Allowance: |
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Mascot |
1969 - Ralph |
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Miscellaneous: |
JAN 1973 –
Station ops turnover to contractor
1974 – LEAR Corp contractor
1975 – US Air Force destroyed station |
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Commanding Officers /
Officers in Charge |
1st CO: LT
Walter Parker 8/1969-8/70
CO: LT Bills 1970 – 71
CO: Kenney 1971
CO: LT Ernest Riutta 1971-72
Last CO: LT Dennis Erlandson 1972 - 1973 |
Pictures
The photos below are of Loran Station Tan My
Vietnam during it's construction in 1969. taken by SN Tom Orr
Photos contributed by Bill Ribbing

CG LORSTA TAN MY 1969

Comms Shack

2 coming from the generator shed

Bill Dunn

First Hot Meal

650 ft Loran Tower

1969 Commissioning

AF Sentry Gate with former President Ngo Dinh
Diem house in the background

AF Guys

Barracks, Galley and generators

Bill Dunn and K Brock

Loran Station from overhead

The Base

Checking the perimeter lighting

Compound with LST ramp

CS2 Lloyd Rogers

DC1 William Ribbing

DC2 Bill Dunn

Dunn, Acuff, MacDonald

EM3 Dave Bisson

ET1 Long and SN Kimball

ET3 Hodges

Fuel Bladders

Gangstas

Girls from Tan My

Guard post in the center of Antenna Field

HM2 Nelson, DC2 Dunn, SK2 Balara

HWY 49 Entrance

Kids

Lloyd Rogers

MacDonald, Davis, Montgomery, Acuff

Murphy, Dunn, Hubbard, Rogers, Brock
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New Year's Eve
FN MacDonald, ET3 Pletsch, SN Montgomery

Perimeter fence looking in

Ralph the dog Mascot

Road to Hue

Skid Row in Compound Center was mined

SN Orr, FN Montgomery, Et3 Hodges

SN Tom Orr

Station before the tower

Station under construction

Station and Tower

Tigers Tea Time

Tan My Tower

Vietnam Beer thirty

Warehouse
Thanks Bill!
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