LORAN STATION HOBE SOUND
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 1944 |
| Construction Date: | 1944 - 1945 JAN 1949: Station rebuilt with permanent buildings. MAY 1950: new equipment building (CBS) replaced the equipment Quonset hut |
| Constructed by: | CONSTRUCTION DET “B” |
| Established: Commissioned: |
~ NOV 1944 |
| Disestablished: | AUG 1962 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
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| Unit Identifier: |
1944 CG Unit 362 |
| Mail address: | |
| AKA: |
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| HAM Call sign: |
N/A |
| Personnel Allowance: | DEC 1946: 1 Officer; 11 Enlisted 1953: 12 Enlisted 01 JAN 1954: 4 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Miscellaneous: |
1944 - 1950: Quarters, other living facilities, storage located a half mile from transmitter site 27 AUG 1949: Station off air because of extensive damage destroying timers and transmitting equipment CG Bulletin article Off-Air msg <1950: On commercial power ~ 1950: Under Group Fort Pierce 02 JUL 1962: Station operations transferred to LORSTA A/C Jupiter |
| Officer in Charge: | 1944 - 1946 CRT Carl L. Burleigh (? - FEB) 1946 - 1946 CQM Lee S. Roe (FEB - AUG) 1946 - 1947 CRE Edmond J. St. John (AUG – 12 SEP) 1947 - 1947 CETM Alton L. Cohoon (12 SEP - NOV) 1947 - 1949 CETM James L. Glass (NOV - JUN) 1949 - 1951 ETC(P) William H. Hudson (JUN – 15 MAY) 1951 - 1952 ETC(P) Leon D. Hogan (15 MAY – 18 NOV) 1952 - 1953 ETC(P) Shelton H. Hayman (18 NOV – 23 MAR) 1953 - 1955 ETC(P) Robert A. Burjoice (23 MAR - ?) 1955 - 1957 1957 - 1958 ETC Herbert Parkins 1958 - 1959 ETC (P) P-1 Thomas W. Bagnell (? – 01 AUG) 1959 - 1960 ETC (P) James A. Bachtell (01 AUG - ?) 1960 - 1961 1961 - 1962 ETC Daniel W. Pitts |
Change of Command:
12 SEP 1947 - CETM Cohoon/CRE St. John - pdf
15 MAY 1951 - ETC Hogan/ETC Hudson - pdf
18 NOV 1952 - ETC Hayman/ETC Hogan - pdf
23 MAR 1953 - ETC Burjoice/ETC Hayman - pdf
01 AUG 1959 - ETC Bachtell/ETC Bagnell - pdf
Station Operations
LORAN-A
27 04 41.098 N - 80 07 14.574 W
| Chain: | 1945 - 1950 U.S. SOUTHEAST 1950 - 1962 U.S. EAST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | "G" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: | 15 MAY 1945 |
| Operations Ceased: | 021400Z JUL 1962 |
| Station Operation: | Single SLAVE (SS) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
HOBE SOUND (S) - FOLLY ISLAND (M) 1H2, 1H7 1000 us Approx. 325 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 17 JAN 1945 |
| On-Air: | 1H2 - 15 MAY 1945 1H7 - 010001Z JAN 1950 |
| Off-Air: | 1H2 - 312400Z DEC 1949 1H7 - 021400Z JUL 1962 |
| Monitor Rate: | |
| Equipment: | 1945: UJ Timers; TDP Transmitters 1949: UE-1 Timers; T-137 Transmitters; T-138 Amplifiers ~1954: AN/FPN-30 Timers; T-325B Transmitters; Amplifiers |
| Radiator: | 1944 - 120ft vertical radiator 1949 - "T" |
Documents:
SEP/OCT 1952 - Small Boat Allowance request - pdf
Pictures:
Jim Bachtell 1959-60 photo collection contributed by the family
photo from google earth c./2009
The photos below were contributed by Dan Rebkovich
Thanks Dan!
Dwight Grimes identified the building at Hobe Sound.
His brother, Leonard, was on the decomm crew and Dwight was on the Loran C Jupiter Decomm crew
Thanks Dwight!