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
