LORAN STATION NOMAIKE
Station Information
| Site Survey: | 1952 - Summerfield site survey |
| Construction Date: | Summer 1952 |
| Constructed by: | Japanese Construction contractor |
| Established: Commissioned: |
DEC 1952 |
| Decommissioned: Disestablished: |
MAY 1966 |
| Operated by: |
USCG JAPAN: 1966 - 1997 |
| Project code name: |
ELMO 5 |
| Unit Identifier: |
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| Mail address: | APO 929 Box 150 |
| AKA: |
ELMO 5; O'HEARA; SUMMERFIELD |
| HAM Call Sign: |
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| Personnel Allowance: | JAN 1953 - 1 Officer; 12 Enlisted DEC 1953 - 1 Officer; 10 Enlisted 1965 - 1 Officer; 16 Enlisted and civilians |
| Station Mascot: | |
| Miscellaneous: | 16 DEC 1951
- 27 JUL 1954 Koran War Service Medal awarded to station personnel. 1952 - 1954 Loran Station located on a U.S. Air Force site MAY 1966 Station, operations and control transferred to Japan. |
| Commanding Officers: | 1952 - 1953 LTJG Jasper Speare 1953 - 1954 1955 - 1956 LTJG Walter D. Fox (? - NOV) 1956 - 1957 LTJG Adrian L. Lonsdale (NOV - NOV) 1957 - 1958 LTJG Wayne C. Stansill (NOV - NOV) 1958 - 1959 LTJG George P. Asche (NOV - NOV) 1959 - 1960 LTJG William J. Brogdon (NOV - ?) 1960 - 1961 LTJG Parker 1961 - 1962 LTJG Harvey R. Little 1962 - 1963 LTJG Keith P. Pensom 1963 - 1964 LTJG Peter L. Collom |
Station Operations
LORAN-A
31 24 55.13 N - 130 07 20.66 E (1952 Site Survey)
31 24 52.06 N - 130 06 45.13E (1952 Summerfield Survey)
31 25 06.58 N - 130 07 11.72 E (1960 Mercury Datam)
| Chain: | JAPAN WEST COAST |
| Station Letter designation: | 2S6, 2S7 "N" |
| Radio Call Sign: | |
| Declared Operational date: | 25 JAN 1953 |
| Operations Ceased: | USCG - MAY 1966 JAPAN - 10 MAR 1977 |
| Station Operation: | Double MASTER (DM) |
| Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline: |
NOMAIKE (M) - PUSAN (S) 4H3, 2H3 1000us Approx. 228.5 Nautical miles NOMAIKE (M) - ICHI BANARE (S) 4H4, 2H4 1000us Approx. 320 Nautical miles NOMAIKE (M) - TUSUHIMA (S) 2S6 1000us Approx. 196.5 Nautical NOMAIKE (M) - GESASHI (S) 2S7 1000us Approx. 305 Nautical miles |
| On-air testing date: | 1952 |
| On-Air: | 4H3: 251200Z JAN 1953 4H4: 251200Z JAN 1953 2H3: 01 MAY 1953 - Change of Rate 2H4: 01 MAY 1953 - Change of Rate 2S6: 01 JUL 1964 - Chain reconfiguration 2S7: 01 JUL 1964 - Chain reconfiguration |
| Off-Air: | 4H3: 01 MAY 1953 - in compliance with international agreements 4H4: 01 MAY 1953 - in compliance with international agreements 2H3: 01 JUL 1964 - Chain reconfiguration 2H4: 01 JUL 1964 - Chain reconfiguration 2S6: 10 MAR 1977 - Service terminated 2S7: 10 MAR 1977 - Service terminated |
| Monitor Rate: | Cross rate monitoring |
| Equipment: | 1952: UE-1 timer |
| Antenna: |
Fred's Place Reunion Hall: OLD
Awards:
Koran War Service Medal
01 AUG 1952 - 27 JUL 1954
Awarded by U.S. Navy
CG Restricted Duty Ribbon
Documents:
09 JUL 1956 Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf
picture from google earth
Detachment 11 - CG Loran Station