LORAN STATION GRAND TURK ISLAND
21 30 38.43 N 71 08 03.64 W
Fact Sheet
| Site Survey: | JAN 1955 – Temporary Site JUL 1955 – Permanent Site |
| Construction Date | FEB 1955 – Mobile Unit (ATLS) |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: | 1955 – Mobile Unit (ATLS) |
| Disestablished: | 101200 JUL 1959 – operations transferred to South Caicos |
| Operated by: | USCG |
| Chain: | WEST INDIES BAHAMIAN |
| Station Letter designation: | |
| Station code name: | WALDO II AUTO 2A |
| Station Unit Number: | NAVY Unit 104 |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Station aka: | |
| On-air testing date: | FEB 1955 – WALDO II |
| Operational date: | 1955 |
| Operations Ceased: | 03 JUL 1959 |
| Station Operation: | Double SLAVE (DS) |
| Station pair: | 3L2 – AQUADILLA 3L3 – SAN SALVADOR |
| Loran Rate: | 3L2, 3L3 |
| On-Air: | 01 MAR 1955 |
| Off-Air | 03 JUL 1959 |
| Monitor Rate: | |
| Equipment: | |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1 LTJG, 1 ETC, 1 ET1, 3 ET3, 7 SN |
| Miscellaneous: | FEB 1955 – JUL 1959 Mobile unit (ATLS) – never was to be a permanent station
on Grand Turk because of interference from other sources. |
| Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge |
1st CO: LTJG R D Peters 1954 – 1955 2nd CO: LTJG R H Baetsen 1955 -1956 3rd CO: LTJG Walter Kohl 1956 - JUL 1957 4th CO: LTJG Arthur St. John JUL 1957 - AUG 1958 5th CO: LTJG Victor Robillard AUG 1958 - 1959 Last CO: LTJG Ken Depperman 1959 |
Documents:
21 JUL 1955 - Site Survey - pdf
Pictures
Picture from google earth
Grand Turk Loran Station was the same as the one in Aquadilla which is in the above photo