U.S. Coast Guard Official Photos
The photos were either retrived from the National Archives or the Coast Guard Historian Office
I want thank the staffs for the excellent
and professional service - Bill
c./1953
The construction

landing site at Mahatao

Early in construction - tent city was built as the construction living facilities

Locals assisting with electric power cable to tents

Transporting materials to the construction site

ant antenna preparation - hole must be 10ft deep

Antennas completed
the two center are the "T" transmission antenna with coup[ler in center

Station construction completed

rear view from road
Meet the crew

morning muster

ET3 Gerald Schneider and ET3 Ronald Ehster prior to the movie

CS1 Arba Fields

ET3 Ronald Ehster adjusting the scope presentation

RM1 William Smith

ET3 Joseph Ryan writing home, SA Knight near the reefer

SA Knight on work detail

BM2 Opie Harrison and Edora Duguran

FN Bill Nerness adding oil to the truck

EN3 Pete Booaslis checking the truck battery

HM1 Richard Ihocum inm DC shop building a medicine cabinet
The station

View from island road approaching station

Sign reads
" U.S. Coast Guard Reversation Keep Out"

Station entrance driveway from main road
on right is part of the Loran mobile unit

CO Office

Sickbay

enlisted quarters

The laundry room

the shower room

The reefers

Galley with oil burning range

garage

Looking to the rear of garage, machine shop and work beach
also used as a movie theatre

recreational hall

another view of the rec hall
coppossite tables, door leads into laundry and storeroom


The distillation unit - processes 2 gals per minute and pumps into storage tanks

The chlorination and water pumping units

The paint locker
located 1500 yards from the station

Fuel storage tanks

Power trailers in permanent position

Equipment trailers, 1500 yards from station

power trailers in the foreground
90ft
antenna poles in background

Transmission antenna coupler and poles

RD5 Supply plane

CGC KUKUI crew member casaulty being brought ashore to be transported to Sangley Point

CGC KUKUI crew member being transported to plane for MEDIVAC

Grumman UF-1g log flight from Sangley Point
at left a KUKUI injuried man is to be transported to Sangley Point for medical care

Coke delivery - Beverages are issued on allotmwent basis of two per day per man

local enjoying a movie, this occurrance was nightly for the most part
c./Nov. 1954

c./1962

c./1963






c./Feb. 13, 1963

c./Nov. 26, 1963 (below photos)



c./Aug. 29, 1968



c./Apr. 24, 1971



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