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LORAN STATION HOBE SOUND

Station Information

Site Survey: 1944
 
Construction Date: 1944 - 1945
JAN 1949: Station rebuilt with permanent buildings.
MAY 1950: new equipment building (CBS) replaced the equipment Quonset hut
 
Constructed by: CONSTRUCTION DET “B”
 
Established:
Commissioned:
~ NOV 1944


Disestablished: AUG 1962
 
Operated by:

USCG
Project code name:


 
Unit Identifier:

1944 CG Unit 362
Mail address:
 
AKA:

 
HAM Call sign:

N/A
Personnel Allowance: DEC 1946: 1 Officer; 11 Enlisted
1953: 12 Enlisted
01 JAN 1954: 4 Enlisted

Station Mascot:

Miscellaneous:
1944 - 1950: Quarters, other living facilities, storage located a half mile from transmitter site

27 AUG 1949: Station off air because of extensive damage destroying timers and transmitting equipment CG Bulletin article Off-Air msg

<1950: On commercial power

~ 1950: Under Group Fort Pierce

02 JUL 1962: Station operations transferred to LORSTA A/C Jupiter
Officer in Charge: 1944 - 1946 CRT Carl L. Burleigh (? - FEB)
1946 - 1946 CQM Lee S. Roe (FEB - AUG)
1946 - 1947 CRE Edmond J. St. John (AUG – 12 SEP)
1947 - 1947 CETM Alton L. Cohoon (12 SEP - NOV)
1947 - 1949 CETM James L. Glass (NOV - JUN)
1949 - 1951 ETC(P) William H. Hudson (JUN – 15 MAY)
1951 - 1952 ETC(P) Leon D. Hogan (15 MAY – 18 NOV)
1952 - 1953 ETC(P) Shelton H. Hayman (18 NOV – 23 MAR)
1953 - 1955 ETC(P) Robert A. Burjoice (23 MAR - ?)
1955 - 1957
1957 - 1958 ETC Herbert Parkins
1958 - 1959 ETC (P) P-1 Thomas W. Bagnell (? – 01 AUG)
1959 - 1960 ETC (P) James A. Bachtell (01 AUG - ?)
1960 - 1961
1961 - 1962 ETC Daniel W. Pitts


Change of Command:

12 SEP 1947 - CETM Cohoon/CRE St. John - pdf

15 MAY 1951 - ETC Hogan/ETC Hudson - pdf

18 NOV 1952 - ETC Hayman/ETC Hogan - pdf

23 MAR 1953 - ETC Burjoice/ETC Hayman - pdf

01 AUG 1959 - ETC Bachtell/ETC Bagnell - pdf

 

Station Operations

LORAN-A

27 04 41.098 N - 80 07 14.574 W

Chain: 1945 - 1950 U.S. SOUTHEAST
1950 - 1962 U.S. EAST COAST
 
Station Letter designation: "G"
 
Radio Call Sign:
 
Declared Operational date: 15 MAY 1945

Operations Ceased: 021400Z JUL 1962
 
Station Operation: Single SLAVE (SS)
 
Station pair:
Loran rate:
Coding delay:
Baseline:


HOBE SOUND (S) - FOLLY ISLAND (M)
1H2, 1H7
1000 us
Approx. 325 Nautical miles
On-air testing date: 17 JAN 1945
 
On-Air: 1H2 - 15 MAY 1945
1H7 - 010001Z JAN 1950
 
Off-Air: 1H2 - 312400Z DEC 1949
1H7 - 021400Z JUL 1962

Monitor Rate:
 
Equipment: 1945: UJ Timers; TDP Transmitters
1949: UE-1 Timers; T-137 Transmitters; T-138 Amplifiers
~1954: AN/FPN-30 Timers; T-325B Transmitters; Amplifiers
 
Radiator: 1944 - 120ft vertical radiator
1949 - "T"
 

Documents:

SEP/OCT 1952 - Small Boat Allowance request - pdf

Pictures:

Jim Bachtell 1959-60 photo collection contributed by the family

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photo from google earth c./2009

The photos below were contributed by Dan Rebkovich

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Thanks Dan!

Dwight Grimes identified the building at Hobe Sound.
His brother, Leonard, was on the decomm crew and Dwight was on the Loran C Jupiter Decomm crew

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Thanks Dwight!

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