LORAN STATION CAPE HATTERAS
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 1948 |
| Construction Date: | 1948 - 1949 |
| Constructed by: | |
| Established: Commissioned: |
1949 01 JUN 1973 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
JAN 1980 JAN 1980 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
05-40123 |
| Mail address: | P.O. Box 603, Buxton, NC 27920 |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Identifier: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1953: 12 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Miscellaneous: | 1949 - 01 JUN 1973: Sub-unit of group 01 DEC 1953 - 1H6 semi-automation 25 OCT 1978 - Tower inspected conducted - determined tower unsafe either replace or wait to falls and decommission station. 28 AUG 1981 - removed 2 transformers/15 capacitors PCB |
| Supervisor/ Officer in Charge: |
1949 - 1951 BMC Harrison 1951 - 1953 1953 - 1955 1955 - 1957 1957 - 1959 1959 - 1961 1961 - 1963 ETC Bryes Brenton 1963 - 1965 1965 - 1967 1967 - 1968 1968 - 1970 ETC Jon S. von Kessel 1970 - 1972 1972 - 1974 1974 - 1976 ETC Jack K. Morrison 1976 - 1978 ETC Jack G. Albert 1978 - 1979 ETC Robert L. Wilder 1979 - 1981 ETC J. Holzbauer (? - JAN 1981) Decomm |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
35 14 25.934 N 75 31 37.800W (1927 North America Datum)
35 14 25.93 N 75 31 37.83 W (1960 Datum)
| Chain: | U.S. EAST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | "H" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: | 01 JAN 1950 |
| Operations Ceased: | 312400Z DEC 1980 |
| Station Operation: | Double SLAVE/SECONDARY (DS) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
CAPE HATTERAS (S) - NANTUCKET (M) 1H4; 3H4 1000 us Approx. 445 Nautical miles CAPE HATTERAS (S) - FOLLY ISLAND (M) 1H6; 3H6 1000 us Approx. 266 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 1949 |
| On-Air: | 1H4: 01 JAN 1950 1H6: 01 JAN 1950 3H4: 1968 3H6: 1968 |
| Off-Air: | 1H4: 1968 Rate change 1H6: 1968 Rate change 3H4: 312400Z DEC 1980 Service terminated 3H6: 312400Z DEC 1980 Service terminated |
| Monitor Rate: | Cross rate monitoring 3L1 SAN SALVADOR - JUPITER 3H5 SANDY HOOK - NANTUCKET |
| Equipment: | 1949: UE-1b; T-137/FPN Transmitter; T-138/FPN Amplifier 1953: AN/FPN-30 Timer sn:12 & 14 02 OCT 1963: T-325C?FPN sn: 72 & 74 AM-1700/FPN sn: 23 & 29 installed 21 AUG 1975: TD-988/FPN Timers sn: 47; 48; 53 & 54; LRE installed |
| Antenna: | 1949 - 1981: 300ft Wind Turbine Tower 1960: 1980 90ft Emergency "T" antenna 1962: New antenna comb installed 25 APR 1963: Removed old comb antenna |
Documents:
28 OCT 1980 D5 OPORDER 04-81 Loran Station Disestablishment - pdf
Pictures:
Picture from Google Earth
U. S. Coast Guard Official photos
Warren Rose 1953 photo collection
Coast Guard Plot Plan (retrived from NARA)
