LORAN STATION ANGAUR
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 9 AUG – 24 SEP 1952 Including BATAN, CATANDUANES, MIYAKO |
| Construction Date: | 15 JUL 1953: CGC KUKUI unloaded Mobile LORSTA, supplies and personnel. Station 23 NOV 1953: Station completed OCT 1965 - AUG 1966: Station rebuilt at third location after Typhoon LOUISE destroyed the station |
| Constructed by: | The Fisher Construction Company |
| Established: Commissioned: |
1953 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
08 JAN 1978 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
ELMO 9 |
| Unit Identifier: |
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| Mail address: | 1956: USCG Depot, Box 1, Navy 926, FPO San Francisco, CA 1969:Code One Box 76, FPO SF 96637 |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Call sign: |
KC6SP |
| Personnel Allowance: | 1953: 1 Officer, 12 Enlisted, 3 civilians |
| Station Mascot: | 1956: 3 dogs and 2 monkeys 1960: Ceebee 1967: Red Dog 1967: Ralph 1968: Charlie 1972: Garbage |
| Station events: | 03 MAY 1955: Last Japanese, in fact a Korean named Pyonggi Takchon, holdout on Peleliu surrender to the CO of the loran station. The Korean was hid out for fear of the Americans. AUG 1955: Congressional led by Senate Johnson investigation of lack of fresh foods and slow mail. One of the crew members sponse started writing letters because of a couple letters received from the crew member. 1959: station relocated to northern part of island Late 1959: Entire crew summarily relieved 1960: Water tanks rebuilt 1962: Loss of Life, BMC drown, station small boat flipped, 2 station personnel received the CG Gold Life Savings Medal for their efforts 16 NOV 1964: station destroyed by Typhoon LOUSIE. Station off air for three days OCT 1965 - AUG 1966: Station rebuilt 05 DEC 1965: A canoe was overdue and CG searched with 16ft station boat. There was a mechanical engine failure. Four POBs were a drift for 12 hours before a CG plane spotted them. A local boat brought them back to shore. 1966: ET died by electrocution 1966/67: SN fell to his death from a cliff 1967: Station name changed 1972: FN transferred for being unstable JAN 1976: Two Spanish crewmembers of the supertanker "BERGE INSTRA" which sank in matter of minutes who were rescued by a Japanese trawler were handed over to USCG at Angaur. |
| Commanding Officers: | 1953 - 1954 LT Alvin N. Ward (JUN – JUN) 1954 - 1955 LTJG Gilbert Kreisberg (JUN – APR) 1955 - 1956 LTJG Lewis S. Hayes (APR – ?) 1956 - 1957 LTJG Edward C. Farmer (? - 26 MAY) 1957 - 1958 LTJG Francis S. Lottridge (26 MAY - JUN) 1958 - 1959 LTJG Donald D. Anderson (JUN - ?) 1959 - 1959 LTJG Robert L. Johanson 1959 - 1960 LTJG George Oberholtzer 1959 - 1960 1960 - 1961 LTJG Robert B. Jamieson 1961 - 1962 LTJG Otto R. Koosman 1962 - 1963 LTJG Gregory A. Pennington 1963 - 1964 LTJG David A. Hough 1964 - 1965 1965 - 1966 LTJG Jack W. Whiting 1966 - 1967 LTJG Jack J. Soltys 1967 - 1968 LTJG John W. Mack 1969 - 1970 LTJG John J. Brown 1970 - 1971 1971 - 1972 LTJG Svend L. Jorgenson 1972 - 1973 LTJG David R. Moore (? - MAY) 1973 - 1974 LTJG Young (MAY – ?) 1974 - 1975 LTJG Bernard P. O'Brien 1975 - 1976 LTJG Steven Trenchard (? – FEB) 1976 - 1977 LTJG Thomas J. Mackell (FEB – APR) 1977 - 1978 LTJG Philip A. Thibault (APR - JAN) Decomm CO |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
06 55 11.84 N 134 08 58.46 E
| Chain: | MARIANAS |
| Station Letter designation: | "A" |
| Radio Call Sign: | NRV4 |
| Declared Operational date: | 15 AUG 1953 |
| Operations terminated: | 312400Z DEC 1977 |
| Station Operation: | Single SLAVE/SECONDARY (SS) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
ANGAUR (S) - ULITHI (M) 2L1 1000us Approx. 378 Nautical miles ANGAUR (S) - YAP (M) 2L1 1000us Approx. 286 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | |
| On-Air: | 2L1 (S) 15 AUG 1953 (ULITHI) 2L1 (S) 01 FEB 1965 (YAP) |
| Off-Air: | 2L1 (S) 01 FEB 1965 (ULITHI) 2L1 (S) 312400Z DEC 1977 (YAP) |
| Monitor Rate: | 2L2 Cross rate monitor |
| Equipment: | AN/FPN-30 Timers, T-325C Transmitters |
| Radiator: | 125ft MP |
Awards:
COAST GUARD RESTRICTED RIBBON
Documents:
01 JUL 1956 Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf
1969 General Information Book - pdf
Pictures:
Emilo Garcia 1960 photo collection
Don Hollingsworth 1968 phot collection
c./fall 1970 photo taken by SK1 John Goodlett on TAD to the island
The logo states "LORAN STATION PALAU"
2L1 - 2L2
2L2 was cross rate monitor
The following photos were contributed by Bob Zeller c./1960
Bob with Ceebee
Thanks Bob!