LORAN MONITOR STATION BERMUDA
32 15 53.261 N 64 52 34.270 W (WGS-72)
Fact Sheet:
| Site Survey: | |
| Construction Date | 1957 - Mobile Unit in trailers 1962 - Permanent Building Construction |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: | 28 APR 1958 - as a sub-unit of Air Station Bermuda 01 SEP 1966 - Commissioned |
| Disestablished: | 15 OCT 1979 |
| Operated by: | USCG |
| Chain: | EAST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | |
| Station code name: | CLOSE 4 |
| Station Unit Number:
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MAR 1958 - 05-360874 05-40460 1961 - FPO, NAVY 138 1967 - FPO, NEW YORK 09560 |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Station aka: | |
| Operational date: | 1958 |
| Operations Ceased: | 15 OCT 1979 |
| Station Operation: | 1958 - 1979 U.S. EAST COAST CHAIN SYSTEM AREA MONITOR OMEGA MONITOR |
| Monitor Loran Rate: | LORAN C: 9930 M-W; M-X; M-Y |
| Equipment: | 1962 - AN/FPN-43 (modified AN/FPN-41 Timer) with Spectrum Analyzer; Pulse Analyzer; Noise and Interference Evaluator and other various circuits with an AN/URQ-14 oscillator. 1968 - OMEGA Receivers - Tracer 599 (3ea) 1969 - Cesium Beam Oscillator CAQI-5061 |
| Personnel Allowance: | 01 SEP 1966 - 1 CHELE - 11 enlisted 01 JAN 1967 - 1 CHELE - 10 enlisted 14 MAY 1968 - 1 CWO PAL update |
| Miscellaneous: | The LMS was located adjacent to the U.S. Naval Facility on Tudor Hill just a short distance from the U. S. Naval Station. |
| Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge |
Supervisor: Commanding Officer: |
Documents:
14 AUG 1963 - Report of Coast Guard Unit Aboard; Coast Guard Air Detachment Berumda - pdf
31 AUG 1964 - Additional Pubications Distribution; request for - pdf
1965 - Origin and History of the Air Station - pdf
1966 - 1968 Personnel Alllowance - pdf
FEB 1967 - General Information Book - pdf
JUL 1969 - General Information Book - pdf
1978 - 1979 LorMonSta Distablishment Correspondence - pdf
Pictures:
The below photos were contributed by Larry Cribb c./1960-61
Alert Watchstander
Mobile Unit
Mobile Unit on top of hill
Another view
Watchstand station
Monitoring Equipment
Thanks Larry!
The phots below were contributed by Dee Hargett C./1961
l to r: ET3 Dee Hargett; ET2 Larry Cribb; RM3 David Murphy and ET1 Phil Crosby
Outside LORMON traileron Tudor Hill
ET3 Dee Hargett logging 15 min avgs - "From the looks of the clock I am kind of late"
Check out the modern equipment
Dee in front of the receiver, a modified CYTAC Timer
l to r: ET1 Phil Crosby; ET3 Art Marquardt; Bill Ledford (Sperry Rand engineer)
Dee in front of the Navy radar site used to control aircraft, PBY's; & P5M's
No runway, all land in the water
Thanks Dee!
The below photos were retrieved from the U. S. Coast Guard
Historian Office c./MAY 1965
Aerial view
Communications Station
Comms Equipment
To the right is AN/URT-17
to the left - LORAN C Monitoring Equipment (AN/FPN-43)
In the background the Comms Station
to the right - The Watchstander Station
