LORAN STATION POINT GRENVILLE
Station Information
| Site Survey: | |
| Construction Date: | 1945: Mobile Unit "G" 1946: Permanent buildings constructed 1954: Station rebuilt |
| Constructed by: | 1945: Mobile Detachment "G" |
| Established: Commissioned: |
JUN 1945: Mobile Unit |
| Disestablished: | 31 MAR 1980 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
1940's: CG Unit 445 1970's: 13-40145 |
| Mail address: | 1948: Loran Radio Sta, Point Grenville, Moclips, Washington 1969: P.O. Box 68, Moclips, WA 98562 |
| AKA: |
MOCLIPS |
| HAM Call sign: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | OCT 1948: 1 Officer, 19 Enlisted JAN 1953: 11 Enlisted JAN 1967: 10 Enlisted 1976: 6 Enlisted - LRE reduction of personnel |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Miscellaneous: | On commercial power |
| Officer in Charge: | 1945 - 1946 1946 - 1947 1947 - 1948 1948 - 1949 1949 - 1950 1950 - 1951 1951 - 1952 1952 - 1953 1953 - 1954 1954 - 1955 1955 - 1956 1956 - 1957 1957 - 1958 1958 - 1959 ETC Harold O. Stockman 1959 - 1960 ETC William Hiller 1960 - 1961 ETC Thomas Maxwell 1961 - 1962 1962 - 1963 1963 - 1964 1964 - 1965 1965 - 1966 1966 - 1967 1967 - 1968 1968 - 1969 1969 - 1970 ETC James L. Brummett 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1972 1972 - 1973 1973 - 1974 1974 - 1975 ETC William G. Weisheit 1975 - 1976 1976 - 1977 ETC Jerry W. Glasscock 1977 * 1980 ETCM Robert D. Paul Note: Believe to be a family unit and the OICs had a longer tour however no supporting documentation at this time. |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
47 18 20.6 N 124 16 34.8 W (1948 OP Data Report)
47 18 19.48 N 124 16 39.87 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
| Chain: | U. S. WEST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | 1L0/1L1 "W" |
| Radio Call Sign: | N/A |
| Declared Operational date: | 2H4: 15 JUL 1945 2H5: OCT 1945 |
| Operations Ceased: | 1L1: 30 OCT 1977 1L0: 312400Z DEC 1979 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
PT. GRENVILLE (M) - CAPE BLANCO (S) 2H4; 1L0 1000us Approx. 268.5 Nautical miles PT. GRENVILLE (M) - SPRING ISLAND (S) 2H5; 1L1 1000us Approx. 204 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 2H4: 05 JUN 1945 2H5: |
| On-Air: | 2H4: 15 JUL 1945 2H5: OCT 1945 1L0: 01 MAY 1971 1L1: 01 MAY 1971 |
| Off-Air: | 2H4: 01 MAY 1971 Change of rate 2H5: 01 MAY 1971 Change of rate 1L0: 312400Z DEC 1979 Service termination 1L1: 30 OCT 1977 Service termination |
| Monitor Rate: | Cross rate monitoring |
| Equipment: | 1945: Mobile unit: Model C timers; TDP-1 transmitters 1952: 2H4: UE-1 timers, T-325A/T-138 unmodified cosine squared pulse transmitter/amplifier, UM Unit Switch Amplifier Combo, 300ft tower 1952: 2H5: UE-1 timers, T-325A/T-138 modified for squared wave output transmitter/amplifier, UM Unit Switch Amplifier Combo, "T" antenna (Spring Island ulitizing older equipment) 1976: Installation of LRE |
| Antenna: | 1945 - 1950: "T" 1950: 300ft Wind Turbine and "T" |
Documents:
11 OCT 1948 Operational Data Report - pdf
01 JUL 1969 Machinery Equipment Report - pdf
17 DEC 1979 D13 OPODR 17-79 Disestablishment of Loran Station - pdf
Pictures:
photo from google earth
(courtesy U.S. Coast Guard c./1974)
(courtesy U.S. Coast Guard c./1974)