LORAN STATION COCOS ISLAND
13 13 42.1 N 144 38 40.5 E (1944)
13 13 42 N 144 38 40 E (Dec 1948 OP DATA Report)
Fact Sheet:
Site Survey: | SEP/OCT 1944 |
Construction Date | 11 NOV 1944 – 27 NOV 1944: COCOS ISLAND under LTjg Marshall T. Munz 1 MAR 1945 Station commissioned turnover to 14th District |
Constructed by: | CONSTRUCTION DET “C” |
Established: | 1944 |
Disestablished: | 15 FEB 1966 |
Operated by: | USCG |
Chain: | THE MARIANAS |
Station Letter designation: | 4H2; 4H3 - "V" 2L2; 2L3 - "U" |
Station code name: | |
Station Unit Number: | CG UNIT 336 Navy Unit 926 |
Radio Call Sign: | |
Station aka: | |
On-air testing date: | 4H2 - 27 DEC 1944 - ULITHI 4H3 - 28 NOV 1944 - SAIPAN |
Operational date: | 4H2 - 12 JAN 1945 - ULITHI 4H3 - 16 DEC 1944 - SAIPAN 01 MAR 1945 - Chain Declared Operational |
Operations Ceased: | 01 FEB 1966 - Operations shifted to Orote Point |
Station Operation: | Double SLAVE/SECONDARY (DS) |
Station pair: | 4H2; 2L2 - ULITHI 4H3; 2L3 - SAIPAN |
Loran Rate: | 4H2; 4H3; 2H2; 2H3; 2L2; 2L3 |
On-Air: | 4H2 (S), 12 JAN 1945 – ULITHI (POTANGERAS IS.) 4H3 (S), 16 DEC 1944 – SAIPAN 2H2 (S), 01 JUN 1952 - ULITHI (FALALOP IS.) 2H3 (S), 01 JUN 1952 - SAIPAN 2L2 (S), 01 MAY 1953 – ULITHI (FALALOP IS.) 2L3 (S), 01 MAY 1953 – SAIPAN 2L2 (S), 01 FEB 1965 - YAP |
Off-Air | 4H2 (S), 1 JUN 1952 – Change of rate |
Monitor Rate: | |
Equipment: | |
Antenna: | Windcharger |
Personnel Allowance: | JAN 1953 - 1 Officer, 16 Enlisted |
Miscellaneous: | 17 NOV 1949 – Typhoon ALLYN destroyed station – station off-air |
Commanding Officers / Officers in Charge |
1st CO: ENS David B. McCoy 1944 - 1945 Temp OINC: RM3c Daniel P. Sanderson ? – 25 OCT 1946 1st OINC: ETC (Z) David A. Webb 25 OCT 1946 - OINC: ETC (Z) William H. Hudson 1948 OINC: ETC (Z) Fidilla Henderson ? – 5 SEP 1949 OINC: ETC (Z) James L. Glass 5 SEP 1949 - ? CO: LTJG K. B. Schumacher 1955 - NOV 1956 CO: LTJG Robert W. Jeffrey NOV 1956 - 01 NOV 1957 CO: LTJG Lawrence D. Levine 01 NOV 1957 - 08 NOV 1958 OINC: BMC Taplin 1960 - 1961 CO: ENS Bornstein 1964 - 1965 |
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Awards:
Coast Guard Restricted Ribbon
(Prior to 30 MAR 1967)
Change of Command:
25 OCT 1946 - RM3/c Sanderson/ETC(Z) Webb - pdf
05 SEP 1949 - ETC(Z) Henderson/ETC(Z) Glass - pdf
Documents:
16 APR 1948 - USCGC KUKUI C & R Inspection Report - pdf
130100Z MAY 48 - Consideration for LTS Relocation to Ritidian Point - pdf
10 DEC 1948 - Operational Data Report - pdf (page 10 missing)
30 DEC 1948 - Status of Occupancy of Site - pdf
17 NOV 1949 - Typhoon ALLYN message traffic, correspondence - pdf
30 AUG 1950 - Temporary Installation of 25 Watt Homing Beacon at Cocos Island with approvals - pdf
08 JUN 1956 - Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4
Pictures:
Cocos Island: Picture from google earth
Cocos Lagoon Boundary
The photo below were retrieved from NARA Washington DC
(U.S. Coast Guard official photos)
Aerial View - c./1948
Photos retrieved from Coast Guard Historian Office
The offloading of fuel and oil supplies c./APR 1949
Damage from Typhoon KAREN c./NOV 1962
Photos during 1950 Reconstruction by the crews of USCGC KUKUI and LORANERS
Thanks to the staff of the CG Historian Office!
(Scott, Helen, Beth, Nora)
The below photo was contributed by Mike Blaschum c./1961
Cocos Island Loran. Taken from a Navy helo that came over once a month to pay us in two dollar bills.
The boat in the foreground ia a Japanese fishing vessel long since grounded. We used it for target practice with our M-1s every two weeks or so.
Thanks Mike!