LORAN STATION CAPE SAN BLAS

Station Information

Site Survey:	1950
Construction Date:	1950 - 1951 1969 Station rehab
Constructed by:	U.S. Air Force
Established: Commissioned:	1951 USAF 18 FEB 1955 USCG
Decommissioned: Disestablished:	JAN 1981
Operated by:	1951 - 18 FEB 1955 U.S. Air Force 18 FEB 1955 - 31 DEC 1980 U.S. Coast Guard
Project code name:
Unit Identifier:	1955 FEB 18: 08-350073 1967 APR 01: 08-40132
Mail address:
AKA:	Port St. Joe
HAM Call sign:	N/A
Personnel Allowance:	10 MAY 1951 - 18 FEB 1955 1 Officer; 24 Enlisted (USAF) 1955 - 1980 U.S. Coast Guard 12 Enlisted plus 4 for lighthouse duty
Station Mascot:
Station events:	1950 - U.S. Air Force constructed the chain for training of pilots and navigators for the Northern Canadian Arctic chain. May 10, 1951 the chain on air operation 24 hour service. August 30th declared operational. 1954 - The Arctic chain project was abandon. The U.S Air Force proposed to turn over the chain to the U.S. Coast Guard with funding until the 1957 budget. 18 FEB 1955 - U.S. Coast Guard formally accepted the Gulf of Mexico chain. 1975 - Station evacuated due to hurricane forecast.
Commanding Officer: Officer in Charge:	U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard 1955 - 1956 1956 - 1957 1957 - 1958 1958 - 1959 ETC W. G. Stepp 1959 - 1960 1960 - 1961 1961 - 1962 1962 - 1963 1963 - 1964 1964 - 1965 1965 - 1966 1966 - 1967 1967 - 1970 ETC Perry W. Campbell 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1973 BMC Richardson 1973 - 1975 BMC Gerald R. King 1975 - 1977 BMC Berry (? - NOV) 1977 - 1979 ETC Curtis Bulter 1979 - 1981

Chain:	GULF OF MEXICO
Station Letter designation:	"A"
Radio Call Sign:
Operational: Declared Operational date:	10 MAY 1951 30 AUG 1951
Operations terminated:	312400Z DEC 1980
Station Operation:	Double MASTER (DM)
Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline:	CAPE SAN BLAS (M) - VENICE (S) 1LO; 2H0; 3H0 N/A Approx. 299 Nautical miles CAPE SAN BLAS (M) - BILOXI (S) 1L2; 2H1; 3H1 N/A Approx. 188 Nautical miles CAPE SAN BLAS (M) - GRAND ISLE (S) 3H1 N/A Approx. 242 Nautical miles
On-air testing date:	1951
On-Air:	1L0: 10 MAY 1951 1L2: 10 MAY 1951 2H0: 1952 2H1: 1952 3H0: 010001Z JUL 1963 3H1: 010001Z JUL 1963 3H1: 01 NOV 1968 (GRAND ISLE)
Off-Air:	1L0: 1952 Rate change 1L2: 1952 Rate change 2H0: 010001Z JUL 1963 Rate change 2H1: 010001Z JUL 1963 Rate change 3H0: 312400Z DEC 1980 Service terminated 3H1: 312400Z DEC 1980 Service terminated
Monitor Rate:	Cross rate monitor
Equipment:	1951: USAF Air Transportable 1952: UE-1b Timers; 1960/1: AN/FPN-30 timers; T-325 transmitters; AN/FPN-2; AN/FPN-3A
Radiator:	120ft tower