LORAN STATION ROGURON
07 13 01.34 N 171 04 29.96 E (1948 OP Data Report)
Fact Sheet:
| Site Survey: | FEB 1944 |
| Construction Date | 4 SEP 1944 - SEP 1944 16 DEC 1944 - Station commissioned and turnover to the 14th District |
| Constructed by: | Construction DET "A" |
| Established: | SEP 1944 |
| Disestablished: | FEB 1951 |
| Operated by: | USCG |
| Chain: | MARSHALL ISLANDS |
| Station Letter designation: | 2L2 - "D" 2L3 - "D" |
| Station code name: | |
| Station Unit Number: | USCG UNIT No. 83 NAVY UNIT No. 3234 |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Station aka: | |
| On-air testing date: | 20 OCT 1944 |
| Operational date: | 16 DEC 1944 |
| Operations Ceased: | FEB 1951 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: | 2L2 - KWADACK, KWAJEIN 2L3 - BIKATI, MAKIN |
| Loran Rate: | 2L2; 2L3 |
| On-Air: | 2L2 - 25 NOV 1944 2L3 - 25 NOV 1944 |
| Off-Air | 2L2 - FEB 1951 Chain Reconfiguration 2L3 - FEB 1951 Chain Reconfiguration |
| Monitor Rate: | |
| Equipment: | Late 1947 - new LORAN equipment installed |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1948 - 1 Officer, 16 enlisted |
| Mascot: | 1948 - Loranzo |
| Miscellaneous: | Station located on Roguron (Loraire) Island 16 AUG 1945 - Completed DC to AC convertion FEB 1951 - Station operations transferred to ENIWETOK |
| Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge |
1st CO: ENS William F. Pierce DEC 1944 - CO: CHRELE J. C. Ober 1947 - 1948 CO: LT Roger F. Erdmamm 1950 |
Fred's Place Reunion Hall: Old New
Documents:
26 JAN 1948 - USCGC KUKUI Construction and Repair Report - pdf
OCT 1948 - Operational Data Report - pdf
Pictures:
Picture from google earth.
LORSTA Roguron Construction crew erecting a Windcharger antenna.
USCG Photo from MIT Radiation Labortory Series Volume IV
The photos below were retrieved from the National Archives in Washington D.C.
USCG Official Photos
c./SEP 1944
Station view from lagoon c./May 1946
Aerial view looking northwest c./1948
Aerial view right over the station c./1948
Looking Southeast c./1948
c./NOV 1948
Station view from lagoon c./1948
Station view from lagoon c./1948
Loran shack in center - station buildings to right
Loran Shack and antenna system c./1948
Loran shack in center some of the station building in the background c./1948
The Galley c./NOV 1948
Water tower and tank installation c./1948
Water Tanks c./1948
Quarters and water tanks c./1948
Quarters area; Generator Hut in foreground
taken frrom vertical radiator looking SE c./1948
SE across clearing antenna system and equipment hut c./1948
South to equipment hut vertical radiator c./1948