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LORAN STATION HAVRE

48 44 38.589 N 109 58 53.613 W (WGS-84)

Fact Sheet

Site Survey:  

Construction Date 1990

Constructed by: Coleman Construction Company

Established: DEC 1990
29 JAN 1991 - Commissioned

Disestablished: 04 JUN 2010

Operated by: USCG

Chain: 8290 – NORTH CENTRAL

Station Letter designation: 8290 – “M”

Station code name:

Station Unit Number:

Radio Call Sign:

Station aka:

On-air testing date: DEC 1990

Operational date: 16 APR 1991

Operations Ceased: 8290 - 08 FEB 2010

Station Operation: Single MASTER (SM)

Station pair: 8290 - BAUDETTE, GILLETTE, WILLIAMS LAKE

Loran Rate: 8290

On-Air:
8290 – 161700Z APR 1991
Off-Air: 8290M - 082000Z FEB 2010 - TERMINATION U.S. LORAN C OPS

Monitor Rate:

Equipment: AN/FPN-65, AN/FPN64 400KW

Antenna: 700ft (SLT)

Personnel Allowance: 4 enlisted

Miscellaneous:

Commanding Officers /
Officers in Charge
1st OINC: ETC Tracy Boutwell 29 JAN 1991 - 13 MAY 1994
2nd OINC: ETC Joel A. Gustafson 13 MAY 1994 - JAN 1999
3rd OINC: ETC Bradley S. Lantz JAN 1999 – JUL 1999
4th OINC: ETC Greg L. Hejl JUL 1999 - 2002
5th OINC: ETC David D. Denny 2002 - JUL 2007
6th OINC: ETC Craig C. Brinkmeyer JUL 2007 – 20 JUN 2008
Last OINC: ETC Rebecca L. Ruch 20 JUN 2008 - 04 JUN 2010

Fred's Place Havre Reunion Hall - Thanks to Ray Rebmann

Documents:

Change of Command:

13 MAY 1994 - ETC Boutwell/ETC Gustafson - pdf

20 JUN 2008 - ETC Brinkmeyer/ETC Ruch - pdf Change of Command Script - pdf

Documents:

24 SEP 1989 - EMD Inspection Report - pdf

29 MAR 1990 - OFCO-033-90 - pdf

01 OCT 1991 - D13 OPORD 16-90 - pdf

19 OCT 1990 - COCO Inspection Report - pdf

07 MAR 1991 - PACArea Inspection Report - pdf

04 NOV 1992 - CEU Inspection Report - pdf

26 NOV 1992 - COCO Inspection Report - pdf

19 FEB 1993 - CEU Inspection Report - pdf

18 - 22 OCT 1993 - COCO Operations Inspection Report - pdf

MAR 1994 - ABS Installation Correspondence - pdf

27 JUL 1994 - AUTM for ABS Installation plus other work - pdf

04 JUN 2010 - Decommissioning Ceremony Pamphlet - pdf

Performance Awards:

16 JAN 1992 - 03SEP91-01NOV1991 60 day 100% MY baseline & 28APR91-24OCT91 180 day 99.991% - pdf

08 APR 1992 - 01NOV91-31DEC91 60 day 100% MW & MY Baselines - pdf

07 MAY 1992 - 23JAN92-22MAR1992 60 day 100% MX & MW Baselines - pdf

28 JUL 1992 - 25OCT91-21APR92 180 day Individual Station Award - pdf

14 MAY 1993 - 28AUG92-23FEB93 180 day Individual Station award plus MY &MW 60 day 100% BL - pdf

16 JUL 1993 - 02FEB92-02APR92 & 03APR93-01JUN93 60 day 100% MY Baseline - pdf

14 DEC 1993 - 24FEB93-22AUG93 180 day 99.999% Individual Station Award - pdf

07 JAN 1994 - 20SEP93-18NOV93 60 day 100% MW & MY Baselines - pdf

07 JUN 1994 - 18AUG93-18NOV93 - 180 day 99.999 Individual Station plus 60 day awards for
19NOV93-17JAN94 MW & MY; 10MAR94-08MAY94 MW-MX-MY
- pdf

 

Pictures

Loran Station Havre

Picture from google earth.

Courtesy Photos U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters

PLANK OWNERS
L to R:
SK2 William R. Foster
ET1 Kirk Montgomery
ETC Tracy Boutwell
MK1 John K. Woods
ET2 Steven P. Luckinbill

Havre Commissioning Panphlet 29 JAN 1991
Commissioning Ceremony Documents
Pre-Commissioning Check off list

Station c./ 27 JUL 1993

PO Trost recieving the Achivement Medal from LT Mathieu c./04 JUN 1994

PO Bailey receiving the Good Conduct Medal from LT Mathieu c./04 JUN 1994

PO Booker receiving the Good Medal from LT Mathieu c./04 JUN 1994

Loran Station Havre

c./17 OCT 2008

A special THANKS to the Coast Guard Historian Office
(Scott, Helen, Beth, Nora)