LORAN STATION GALVESTON
Station Information
| Site Survey: | |
| Construction Date: | APR 1967 - 1968 |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: Commissioned: |
01 NOV 1968 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
01 JAN 1981 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
08-31110 |
| Mail address: | |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Call sign: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1968 - 6 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Station events: |
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| Officer in Charge: | 1968 - 1970 ETC Irvin Dean (01 NOV - ?) 1970 - 1972 1972 - 1974 1974 - 1976 1976 - 1978 1978 - 1980 |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
29 19 45.25 N 94 44 10.99 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
| Chain: | GULF OF MEXICO |
| Station Letter designation: | "G" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: |
01 NOV 1968 |
| Operations terminated: | 31 DEC 1980 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
GALVESTON (M) - GRAND ISLE (S) 3H2 N/A Approx. 250 Nautical miles GALVESTON (M) - PORT ISABEL (S) 3H3 N/A Approx. 234 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 1968 |
| On-Air: | 3H2: 01 NOV 1968 3H3: 01 NOV 1968 |
| Off-Air: | 3H2: 312400Z DEC 1980 Service termination 3H3: 10 AUG 1980 Service termination - Hurricane ALLEN destroyed LORAN Station PORT ISABEL |
| Monitor Rate: | N/A |
| Equipment: | 1968: AN/FPN-30 Timer; T-325 Transmitter; AM-1700 Amplifier |
| Radiator: | AS-1088/TRN |
Documents:
1965 - Coast Guard correspondence to establish station - pdf
1976 - Coast Guard Press Release leasing 211 acres to the town - pdf
Pictures:
Picture from Google Earth
Coast Guard Official Photos:
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G.)
01 June 1967 Grounding Breaking Ceremony and dinner
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G. c./01 June 1967)
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G. c./28 APR 1968)
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G. c./17 AUG 1971)
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G. c./14 NOV 1974)
(Courtesy of U.S.C.G. c./14 NOV 1974)