LORAN STATION SPRUCE CAPE
Station Information
| Site Survey: | MAY 25 - 04 JUN 1950 site survey - pdf |
| Construction Date: | 1951 - 1952 |
| Constructed by: | ENS Norman J. Glover - Construction Engineer - 1999 Interview - pdf The interview was by Joe Stevens on September 2, 1999 located at http://kadiak.org/spruce_cape/index.html |
| Established: Commissioned: |
FEB 1952 |
| Disestablished: | JAN 1980 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Station Unit Identifier: | 17-40196 |
| Mail address: | 1956: Box 41, Navy 127, c/o P.M. Seattle, WA |
| Station Project code name: |
Gulf of Alaska Loran |
| Station AKA: | KODIAK |
| Personnel Allowance: | JAN 1953 - 1 Officer; 13 Enlisted 1955 - 1 Officer, 11 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | 1952 - Queenie |
| Station events: | 1952 - Station to be an 18 month tour restricted 1956 - On commercial power; two gasoline standby generators 1956 - Non-restricted duty - 18 month tour 29 MAR 1964 - Station off-air for 36 minutes following the earthquake on 28 MAR 1964 31 MAY 1966 - Station became a sub-unit U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak 17 AUG 1967 - D17 letter to COMDT requested to establish Spruce Cape as a D17 independent unit. 19 SEP 1967 OFCO 33-68 authorizes the status of the station from sub-unit to D17 independent unit no later than 01 NOV 1967. |
| Commanding Officers/Officer in Charge: | Commanding Officers: 1951 - 1953 LT Herbert J. Lynch (JUL - JUL) 1953 - 1954 1954 - 1955 LTJG Sidney B. Vaughn (JUN - DEC)* 1955 - 1956 1956 - 1957 LTJG William E. Smith (? - JUN) 1957 - 1958 LTJG Clyde T. Lusk (JUN - ?) 1958 - 1960 LTJG Leonard T. Daniewicz (? - 20 MAY) 1960 - 1962 LTJG Robert L. DeHichiell (20 MAY - 05 JUN 1962) 1962 - 1964 LTJG James L. McDonald (05 JUN - ?) 1964 - 1966 LTJG Earl W. Keith (? - 31 MAY) 1966 - 1968 Unit became a Sub-unit of Air Station Kodiak Officer in Charge: 1968 - 1969 ETC J. E. Benton 1969 - 1972 ETC W. E. Richardson 1972 - 1973 ETC Richard O. Cobb (? - 15 AUG) 1973 - 1974 ETC Everett P. Clark (15 AUG - ?) 1974 - 1975 ETC Donald T. Stayton (? - SEP) 1975 - 1976 ETC Lawrence Gemoets (SEP - MAR) 1976 - 1978 ETC Roger D. Johnson (MAR - JUN) 1978 - 1980 ETC Harvard K. Madigan (JUN - JAN) DECOMM * Promoted to next higher rank during tour |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
57 49 23.76 N - 152 19 42.27 W (1960 Mercury Datum)
| Chain: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
GULF OF ALASKA SPRUCE CAPE (S) - OCEAN CAPE (M) 1L3; 1L7 1000 us Approx. 405.5 Nautical miles |
| Declared Operational date: | 11 MAR 1952 |
| Operations terminated: | 312400Z DEC 1979 |
| Station Letter designation: | "K" |
| Radio Call Sign: | NMJ- |
| Station Operation: | Single SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
| On-air testing date: | 1L3 | 01 MAR 1952 |
| On-Air: | 1L3 | 11 MAR 1952 1L7 | 052200Z JAN 1961 |
| Off-Air: | 1L3 | 052200Z JAN 1961 Change of rate 1L7 | 243100Z DEC 1979 Termination of service |
| Monitor Rate: | Cross rate monitoring |
| Equipment: | 1951: UE-1 Timers; T-137 Transmitters; T-138 Amplifiers APR 1957: AN/FPN-30 Timers; T-325 Transmitters; AM-1700 Amplifiers |
| Radiator: | 1952 | "T" 1964 | 129ft tower |
Reminiscing:
1956 - 1957 Richard Wright
Fred's Place Reunion Hall:
OLD | NEW
Documents:
21 JUN 1956 - Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf
05 SEP 1974 Base Kodiak Inspection Report of station - pdf
10 DEC 1974 Base Kodiak Inspection Report of station- pdf
Pictures:
1951 - 1952 Construction photos
Gary Risch 1952 - 1954 photo collection
U.S. Coast Guard photos
c./1963