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LORAN STATION OSHIMA

34 40 36.0 N - 139 26 33.0 E
34 40 35.997 N - 139 26 33.008 E (1948 OP Data Report)

Fact Sheet:

Site Survey:

  11 SEP 1945
 

Construction Date

   17 NOV - DEC 1945
 

Constructed by:

Construction Detachment "C"

1951 Station reconstructed
 

Established:

   DEC 1945
 

Disestablished:

   15 JUL 1966
 

Operated by:

   USCG
 

Chain:

JAPAN
 

Station Letter designation:

4H5 "O"
 

Station code name:

Loran C Monitor: WING V
 

Station Unit Number:

CG Unit 350
Navy Unit 3923
 

Station Address:

1948 - Navy 1125, FPO, San Francisco, CA
1949 - Navy 3923, FPO, San Francisco, CA

Radio Call Sign:


 

Station aka:

TOYKO
 

Operational date:

25 DEC 1945

Operations Ceased:

01 JUL 1966

Station Operation:

Single SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS)
 

Station pair:
Loran Rate:
Baseline:

OSHIMA (S) - IWO JIMA (M)
4H5; 4H6; 2H6, 2H7

On-air testing date:

4H5 - 06 DEC 1945
 

On-Air:

4H5, 25 DEC 1945
4H6, 150200Z MAR 1949
2H6, 01 MAY 1953
2H7, 01 JAN 1964
 

Off-Air

4H5, 150200Z MAR 1949 - Iwo Jima LORSTA relocated
4H6, 01 MAY 1953 - Change of Rate - shift to International Loran Band
2H6, 01 JAN 1964 - Change of Rate
2H7, 01 JUL 1966 - Operations transferred to HACHIJO
 

Monitor Rate:

1964 - 1966 NWPAC Northern System Area Monitor
 

Equipment:

1948 - TDP-1 Transmitter sn: 15 & 38; UE-1 sn: 136 & 140; UM sn:62
JUL 1948 - Comb antenna installed by KUKUI
 

Personnel Allowance:

JUL 1948 - 1 Officer, 10 Enlisted
JAN 1953 - 1 Officer, 15 Enlisted
DEC 1953 - 1 Officer, 13 Enlisted

Mascot:

1956 Rex, Sad Sack, Biru

Station events:

Construction cargo designator AB-10

Station located approximately 60 miles south of Toyko

1945 - 1949 Quonset Huts

27 JUN 1950 - 24 JUL 1954 Koran War Medal awarded

1955/56 Fire at station

1956 CS1 drown while saving a crew member

1962 Station name changed to OSHIMA
 
Commanding Officers /
 Officers in Charge

1945 - 1946 LT Walter A. Wright (SEP - SEP)
1946 - 1947 LTJG Harry W. Midgette (SEP - ?)
1947 - 1948
1948 - 1949 LTJG David C. Kierbow (? - 09 SEP)
1949 - 1950 LTJG Norman P. Weinert (09 SEP - ?)
1950 - 1951 LTJG Roger J. Dahley
1951 - 1952
1952 - 1953 LTJG Salvatori J. Bardero
1953 - 1954 LTJG Norman E. Fernald
1954 - 1955
1955 - 1956 LTJG Graham Hall
1956 - 1957 LTJG Hugh L. Murphy
1957 - 1958 LTJG James A Wilson
1958 - 1959 LTJG Ralph W. Eurtis
1959 - 1960 LTJG Neal H. Benjamin
1960 - 1961 LTJG John R. Michell
1961 - 1962
1962 - 1963 LTJG Robert H. Thronton
1963 - 1964 LTJG Michael P. Munkasey
1964 - 1965 LTJG Wayne P. Stevens
1965 - 1966 LTJG John W. Brittain

Loran C Monitor
ONIC
1963 - 1964 WO1 William Liming
 

Fred's Place Reunion Hall: OLD NEW

Change of Command:

09 SEP 1949 LTJG Kierbow/LTJG Weinert

Documents:

1946 - 1949 Land Aquisition correspondence - pdf

241848Z DEC 1946 Procurment on the Imperial Japanese Government - pdf

28 JUL 1948 USCGC KUKUI Inspection, Repair and Maintenance Report - pdf

18 APR 1949 Operational Data Report - pdf

250050Z OCT 50 Station reconstruction message - pdf

Pictures:

Coast Guard Photos

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1965 Season Greetings Card
From the ET2 Frank Ashley Album

Thanks Emilo Garica!