LORAN STATION NIIGATA
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 1951 site survey |
| Construction Date: | 1951 |
| Constructed by: | U.S. Air Force contract |
| Established: Commissioned: |
JAN 1952 |
| Disestablished: | 01 JUL 1964 |
| Operated by: |
USCG |
| Project code name: |
ELMO 2 |
| Unit Identifier: |
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| Mail address: | 1956: LTS, APO 68, San Francisco, Calif. 1959: LTS, APO 994, San Francisco, Calif. 1961: LTS, APO 323, San Francisco, Calif. |
| AKA: |
ELMO 2 |
| HAM Call Sign: |
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| Personnel Allowance: | 1952: 1 Officer, 10 Enlisted 1953: 1 Officer, 10 Enlisted 1964: 1 Officer, 15 Enlisted |
| Station Mascot: | 1958: Blackie |
| Miscellaneous: | 01 JUL 1964: Station transferred to GOJ. 01 JUL 1964 - 10 MAR 1997 GOJ continued Loran-A operations 2013: A park is located on the Loran station site is named "Loran Park" |
| Commanding Officers: | 1952 - 1953 LTJG Mathieu 1953 - 1954 1954 - 1955 1955 - 1956 LTJG Robert T. Platt (? - AUG) 1956 - 1957 LTJG James E. Grabb (AUG - ?) 1957 - 1958 LTJG James L. Howard (? - MAY) 1958 - 1959 LTJG Daniel B. Charter (MAY - JUN) 1959 - 1960 LTJG James A. Granger (JUN - MAY) 1960 - 1961 LTJG Ronald A. McClellan (MAY - MAY) 1961 - 1962 LTJG James Watt (MAY- MAY) 1962 - 1963 LTJG Bruce C. Skinner (MAY - MAY) 1963 - 1964 |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
37 54 30.76 N - 139 00 36.56 E (1952 Site Survey)
37 54 41.13 N - 139 00 24.37 E (1960 Mercury Datum)
| Chain: | JAPAN WEST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | "C" |
| Radio Call Sign: | 2KA AMRS - Motobayashi.net |
| Declared Operational date: | 15 FEB 1952 - U.S. Armed Forces 03 JAN 1953 - Navigational service to all users |
| Operations Ceased: | 01 JUL 1964 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
NIIGATA (M) - MATSUMAE (S) 2H0 N/A Approx. 216 Nautical miles NIIGATA (M) - MIHO (S) 2H1 N/A Approx. 310 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | JAN 1952 |
| On-Air: | 2H0: 15 FEB 1952 2H1: 15 FEB 1952 |
| Off-Air: | 2H0: 01 JUL 1964 2H1: 01 JUL 1964 |
| Monitor Rate: | MASTER cross rate monitored |
| Equipment: | 1952 - 1956: Mobile units |
| Radiator: | "T" |
Fred's Place Reunion Hall: OLD
Awards:
Koran War Service Medal
01 AUG 1952 - 27 JUL 1954
U.S. Navy Awarded
CG Restricted Duty Ribbon
Documents:
19 JAN 1953 - D14 request to Commandant to add Niigata to the chain - pdf
15 JUN 1956 - Loran Station Overseas Survey - pdf
1959 - Correspondence Transferred of the station - pdf
Pictures:
image from google earth
Jim Grabb 1956-57 photo collection
Dan Charter 1958-59 photo collection