LORAN STATION CAPE SARICHEF
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 12 - 19 SEP 1947 |
| Construction Date: | 1948 - 1949 MAY - NOV 1955 - Main Building enlarged to accommodate the regular crew. |
| Constructed by: | Drake PugetSound Co. under U.S. Navy contract NOY 13913* *U.S. Navy Contract NOY 13913 was to construct all three loran stations. (Attu; Adak and Cape Sarichef) |
| Established: Commissioned: |
1949 |
| Disestablished: | 07 JUL 1979 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
17-40197 |
| Mail address: | Cape Sarichef, AK 99502 |
| AKA: |
LTS UNIMAK ISLAND |
| HAM Call sign: |
KL7CGA |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1953 - 1 Officer; 15 Enlisted 1956 - 1 Officer; 14 Enlisted 1965 - 1 Officer; 21 Enlisted including Scotch Cap 1968 - 1 Officer; 21 Enlisted including Scotch Cap |
| Station Mascot: | 1972 - Arnie |
| Station events: | 24 APR 1952 – Name change from LTS UNIMAK ISLAND to LTS CAPE SARICHEF COMDT ltr 24 APR 1952 JUL 1955 - Mt. Shishaldin eruption MAY 1957 - DEW line station construction started - in operation May 1959 DEC 1962 – C123 crash MAR 1964 - Mt. Pogrammi eruption 24 MAR 1967 - CGC BARATARIA in the vicinity of the station had a boiler explosion. Read Marshall Brewton reflections. OCT 1968 – CO Medical off island – ran off the cliff – XO of C-130 acting until arrival of new CO 2 weeks later. 15 OCT 1968 - BERING SEA SAM established - co-located with the Loran-A station. |
| Commanding Officers: | 1948 - 1949 CRM P. Pyrzynski (Caretaker) 1949 - 1950 LTJG Lawrence O. Hamilton (JUN - ?) 1950 - 1951 LTJG Robert E. Walsh (? – 13 JUL) 1951 - 1952 LTJG Harold G. Weber (13 JUL – ?) 1952 - 1953 ENS J. A. Logan (19 DEC - 14 JAN Acting) 1953 - 1954 LTJG James A. Hadley (14 JAN – ?) 1954- 1955 LTJG Lawrence O. Hamilton (? – 1 MAY) 1955 - 1956 LTJG John D. Hosfield (1 MAY - JUN) 1956 - 1957 LTJG George K. Greiner (JUN – 22 MAY) 1957 - 1958 LTJG Henry J. Roehner (22 MAY – 24 MAY) 1958 - 1959 LTJG Joel R. Swanson (24 MAY – 22 MAY) 1959- 1960 LTJG Charles W. Faircloth (22 MAY – 28 MAY) 1960 - 1961 LTJG Ronald G. Malone (28 MAY – 22 MAY) 1961 - 1962 LTJG John E. Footit (22 MAY – 30 MAY) 1962 - 1963 LTJG Garret T. Bush (30 MAY – 28 MAY) 1963 - 1964 LTJG William T. Troutman (28 MAY – 30 MAY) 1964 - 1965 LTJG John L. Patterson (30 MAY - ?) 1965 - 1966 LTJG Houticour (? - MAY) 1966 - 1967 LTJG John N. Malsom (MAY – MAY) 1967 - 1968 LT Donald G. Campbell (MAY - NOV) 1968 - 1969 LTJG Peter Lawson (NOV – MAR) 1969 - 1970 1970 - 1971 LTJG Ira Stolzenberg (DEC – MAR) 1971 - 1972 LTJG Gerald L. Hale (MAR - ?) 1972 - 1973 LTJG James B. Friderici 1973 - 1974 LTJG Charles D. Wurster (? – 04 APR) 1974 - 1975 LTJG George R. McNiff (04 APR – APR) 1975- 1976 LTJG Robert F. Petko (APR - APR) 1976 - 1977 LTJG Steven D. Jorgensen (APR - ?) 1977 - 1978 LTJG Harold D. Lee 1978 - 1979 LTJG Thomas R. J. Vorholt 1978 - 1979 (Decomm CO) |
Change of Command:
04 APR 1974 LTJG Wurster/LTJG McNiff - pdf
04 APR 1975 LTJG McNiff/LTJG Petko - pdf
Station Operations
LORAN-A
54 35 49.94 N - 164 55 32.73 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
54 35 53.68 N -
168 55 39.38 W (Google Earth)
| Chain: | ALEUTIAN |
| Station Letter designation: | 1L3 "S" |
| Radio Call Sign: | NRW - Station was D17 communications secondary radio station |
| Operational date: | 22 JUN 1949 |
| Operations terminated: | 302400Z JUN 1979 |
| Station Operation: | Single SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
Station pair: |
ADAK (DM) - CAPE SARICHEF (SS) 1L3/1L6 1000us Approx. 515 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: |
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| On-Air: | 1L6 - 222200Z JUN 1949 1L3 - 101000Z JUL 1961 |
| Off-Air | 1L6 - 101000Z JUL 1961 - Change of Rate* * Change of rate because Murder Pt. relocated to Casco Cove 1L3 - 302400Z JUN 1979 - Termination of service |
| Monitor Rate: | 1L7 cross rate monitor 1968 - Loran-C Emergency Communications Alaskan Loran-C chain network |
| Equipment: | 1949 - UE-1 Timers, T-137 Transmitters, T-138 Amplifiers 1960's - AN/FPN-30, T-325C, AM-1700, AN/FPA-3B |
| Radiator: |
1949 - "T" 1960's - 129ft Tower, AS-1088-TRN |
Fred's Place's: OLD NEW
Reflections:
1967 - 68 Michael Brewton's - pdf
Awards:
CG Meritorious Unit Commendation
01 AUG 1978 - 07 JUL 1979
Documents:
28 JUN 1956 Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf
10 JUL 1956 History of Cape Sarichef - pdf
1961 - Transportation Issues to SCOTCH CAP - pdf
1964 News Release Mount Pogrommi Volcanic Eruption - pdf
1965 General Information Book - pdf
01 MAY 1968 General Information Book - pdf
24 MAY 1978 Notification of Penninsula Airways is a subcontractor - pdf
Pictures:
Coast Guard 1950 - 1966 Photos
Gene Wagner 1961-62 Photo collection
Bernie Holland 1966-67 Photo collection
Ray Hale 1966-67 Photo collection
Michael Brewton 1967 Photo collection
Pat Reischmann 1971-72 Photo collection
Rick Reynolds 1971-72 Photo collection
Bruce Gray 1976-77 Photo collection