LORAN STATION BILOXI

Station Information

Site Survey:	1950 - USAF
Construction Date:	1950 - 1951
Constructed by:	U. S. Air Force
Established: Commissioned:	1951 18 FEB 1955 - USCG
Decommissioned: Disestablished:	01 NOV 1968
Operated by:	1951 - 18 FEB 1955 U. S. Air Force 18 FEB 1955 - 31 DEC 1980 U. S. Coast Guard
Project code name:
Unit Identifier:	08-350245
Mail address:
AKA:
HAM call sign:	N/A
Personnel Allowance:	10 MAY 1951 - 18 FEB 1955 1 Officer; 19 Enlisted (USAF) 18 FEB 1955 - 8 Enlisted
Station Mascot:
Station events:	1950: U.S. Air Force constructed the chain for training of pilots and navigators for the Northern Canadian Arctic chain. May 10, 1951 the chain on air operation 24 hour service. August 30th declared operational. 1954: The Arctic chain project was abandon. The U.S Air Force proposed to turn over the chain to the U.S. Coast Guard with funding until the 1957 budget. 18 FEB 1955: U.S. Coast Guard formally accepted the Gulf of Mexico chain. 01 NOV 1968: station operations reloacated to GRAND ISLE
Officer in Charge:	1955 - 1956 1956 - 1957 1957 - 1958 1958 - 1959 1959 - 1960 1960 - 1961 1961 - 1962 1962 - 1963 1963 - 1964 1964 - 1965 1965 - 1966 1966 - 1968 ETC D. E. Hagberd

Chain:	GULF OF MEXICO
Station Letter designation:	"X"
Radio Call Sign:
Operational: Declared Operational date:	10 MAY 1951 30 AUG 1951
Operations terminated:	31 OCT 1968
Station Operation:	Single SLAVE (DS)
Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline:	BILOXI (S) - CAPE SAN BLAS (M) 1L2; 2H1; 3H1 1000 us Approx. 188 Nautical miles
On-air testing date:	1951
On-Air:	1L2: 10 MAY 1951 2H1: 1952 3H1: 010001Z JUL 1963
Off-Air:	1L2: 1952 Rate change 2H1: 010001Z JUL 1963 3H1: 312400Z OCT 1968 Service terminated
Monitor Rate:
Equipment:	1951: USAF Air Transportable 1952: UE-1b Timers; 1960/1: AN/FPN-30 timers; T-325 transmitters; AN/FPN-2; AN/FPN-3A
Radiator:	120ft