LORAN STATION AGUADILLA
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 4 JAN 1955 |
| Construction Date | 1955 – MOBILE UNIT - equipment in vans |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: Commissioned: |
01 MAR 1955 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
050000Z JUL 1959 |
| Operated by: | USCG |
| Station Letter designation: | |
| Station code name: | WALDO III |
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| Personnel Allowance | 1955 - 1 Officer; 8 Enlisted |
| Station events: | Station located near Ramey AFB 03 JUL 1959 – Station operations transferred to CAPE SAN JUAN |
| Commanding Officers: |
1954 - 1955 LTJG Carlton E. Russell 1955 - 1956 LTJG Siegurd E. Waldheim 1956 - 1957 1957 - 1958 LTJG Ernest J. Mayer (? - JUL) 1958 - 1959 LTJG Ira E. Thompson (JUL – AUG) |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
18 29 15.11 N 67 09 41.84 W
| Chain: Station pair: Loran Rate: Coding Delay: Baseline: |
WEST INDIES/
BAHAMIAN AQUADILLA (M) - GRTAND TURK (S) 3L2 N/A Approx. 287 nautical miles |
| Operational date: | 01 MAR 1955 |
| Operations terminated: | 03 JUL 1959 |
| Station letter designation: |
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| Station Operation: | Single MASTER (SM) |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| On-air testing date: | FEB 1955 |
| On-Air: | 01 MAR 1955 |
| Off-Air | 03 JUL 1959 - Operations transferred to Cape San Juan |
| Equipment: | |
| Radiator: |
Awards:
Coast Guard Overseas Service Ribbon
Picture:
Picture from google earth
Emergency Loran Mobile Operations Unit c./1955 - 1959 (Courtsey U.S. Coast Guard)
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