LORAN STATION SANDY HOOK

Station Information

Site Survey:
Construction Date:	1950-1951
Constructed by:
Established:	1951
Disestablished:	31 MAR 1981
Operated by:	USCG
Project code name:
Unit Identifier:	03-36224
Mail address:
AKA:
HAM Call Sign:	N/A
Personnel Allowance:	1953 2 Enlisted 1980 3 Enlisted billets deleted in the OPFO
Station Mascot:
Station events:	04 - 06 JUL 1976: Awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for Operation Sail as a Group Unit
Officer in Charge:	N/A - Sub-unit of the group

Chain:	U.S. EAST COAST
Station Letter designation:	1951: "A" 1968: "J"
Radio Call Sign:	N/A
Declared Operational date:	<01 JUL 1951
Operations terminated:	312400Z DEC 1980
Station Operation:	Single MASTER (SM)* *01 FEB 1969 Nantucket (M) and Sandy Hook (S) swapped functions for the reason Nantucket was PTTI however the local fishermen were highly upset because all their "SECRET" numbers were no longer useable. Within a short time the stations return to their previous functions.
Station pair: Loran rate: Coding delay: Baseline:	SANDY HOOK (M) - NANTUCKET (S) 1H0, 1H5, 3H5 N/A* Approx. 288.7 Nautical miles
On-air testing date:	1950
On-Air:	1951 1H0 1958 1H5 1968 3H5
Off-Air:	1958 1H0 Change of rate 1968 1H5 Change of rate 312400Z DEC 1980 Termination of service
Monitor Rate:
Equipment:	1950 UE-1b Timers, T-137 Transmitters 1962 AN/FPN-30 Timers, T-325 Transmitters 1975 AN/FPN-53 COLAC Timer and LRE installed; T-325C Transmitter
Radiator:	117ft AS-1088-TRN