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LORAN STATION ULITHI

10 04 14.5 N 139 40 24.3 E (Potangeras Is.)
10 04 14.5 N 139 40 24.3 E (1948 Operational Data Report)
10 01 31.4 N 139 47 27.7 E (1952 Falalop Is.)

Fact Sheet:

Site Survey:
 
Construction Date 13 DEC 1944 - FEB 1945 (Pontangeras Island)
1951 - 1952 - Falalop Island
Constructed by: 1944 - Construction Detachment "C" (Potangeras Island)
1951 - 1952 - Fisher Construction Company
Established: DEC 1944 - Station operation from Equipment trailers
01 MAR 1945 - Station commissioned/turned over to D14 as Operational Commander
15 APR 1952 - Falalop Island LTS Commissioned.
01 JUN 1952 - Station operations relocated to Falalop Island
Disestablished: FEB 1965
 
Operated by: USCG
 
Chain: MARIANAS
 
Station Letter designation: 1944 - 4H2; 4H3 "H"
1952 - 2L1; 2L2 "H"
 
Station code name:  
 
Station Unit Number: USCG Unit 338
Navy 926
Radio Call Sign:
Ham Cal Sign:		  
KC6A1
Station aka:  
 
On-air testing date: 4H1 - 24 MAR 1945
4H2 - 26 DEC 1944  
 
Operational date: 4H1 - 07 APR 1945
4H2 - 12 JAN 1945
 
Operations Ceased: 01 FEB 1965 - Relocated station's operations to YAP
 
Station Operation: 4H1 - Sync. Skywave MASTER (SSM)
4H2 - Single MASTER (SM)
2H2; 2H3; 2L1; 2L2 - Double MASTER (DM)
 
Station pair: 4H1 - SULUAN
4H2 - GUAM COCOS ISLAND
2L1 - ANGAUR
2L2 - GUAM COCOS ISLAND
 
Loran Rate: 4H1; 4H2; 2H2; 2H3; 2L1; 2L2
 
On-Air: 4H1 (M) - APR 1945 - SYNC.SKYWAVE (Night operations only)
4H2 (M) - 12 JAN 1945 - GUAM COCOS ISLAND
2H2 (M) - 01 JUN 1952 - GUAM COCOS ISLAND
2H3 (M) - 01 JUN 1952 - ANGAUR
2L1 (M) - 01 MAY 1953 - ANGAUR
2L2 (M) - 01 MAY 1953 - GUAM COCOS ISLAND
 
Off-Air 4H1 (M) - 25 SEP 1945 - Service Discontinued - End of military requirement
4H2 (M) - 01 JUN 1952 - Change of Rate
2H2 (M) - 01 MAY 1953 - Change of Rate
2H3 (M) - 01 MAY 1953 - Change of Rate
2L1 (M) - 01 FEB 1965 - Relocation of station's operations to YAP
2L2 (M) - 01 FEB 1965 - Relocation of station's operations to YAP
Monitor Rate:  
 
Equipment: 1945 - TDP-1 transmitter
01 JUN 1952 - 1964: AN/FPN-30 Timers; T-137 Transmitter  
 
Personnel Allowance: 1950 - 1 officer; 14 enlisted
JAN 1953 - 15 enlisted
Miscellaneous:

DEC 1944 - Station operations located on Potangeras
Note: Ulithi was the largest U.S. military staging area - over 600 ships and numerous aircraft were station there. There are four or five large islands to support the military. The loran station was located on Potangeras which was a small out of the way island which would not interfer with the other services operations.

MAY 1950 - Station personnel evacuated as Typhoon DORIS approached

01 JUN 1952 - Station's operations transferred to Falalop Island.

30 NOV 1960 - Typhoon OPHELIA passed over Ulithi with 160 mph winds

01 FEB 1965 - Station's operations relocated to YAP
 
Commanding Officers /
 Officers in Charge

Commading Officers

1944 - 1945 ENS Lloyd White (1st CO) (DEC - ?)
1945 - 1946
1946 - 1947 LTJG Ernest H. Goldberg (JUL - JUL)
1947 - 1948 LTJG C. E. Haley
1948 - 1949
1949 - 1950
1951 - 1952
1952 - 1953
1953 - 1954
1954 - 1955
1955 - 1956
1956 - 1957 LTJG C. H. Anthony (? - APR)
1957 - 1958 LTJG Norman Cubbely (APR - APR)
1958 - 1959 LTJG Roger Eastman (APR - APR)
1959 - 1960 LTJG Robert A. Biller (APR - APR)
1960 - 1961 LTJG G. P. Vance (APR - APR)
1961 - 1962
1962 - 1963
1963 - 1964
1964 - 1965

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Awards:

Coast Guard Restricted Duty Ribbon

Documents:

15 OCT 1948 - Operational Data Report - pdf

29 NOV 1948 - CGLTS-Ulithi-status of occupancy of site - pdf

10 DEC 1948 - Status of Occupancy of Loran Station site - pdf

27 DEC 1948 - Status of Occupancy of site may be right of conquest - pdf

12 JUN 1950 - Budget Approval Project ecv-554-50 - pdf

AUG 1950 - Headquarters Party Inspection Excerpts - pdf

081612Z NOV 50 - Relocation of the Loran Station to Falalop - pdf

22 NOV 1950 - ECV Dispatch to D14 General Approval for relocation - pdf

300058Z NOV 50 - Falalop Antenna Position confirmation - pdf

27 JUN 1956 - Overseas Loran Station Survey - pdf 1956 Survey Photos

07 MAY 1957 - Emergency Stowage of Avaition Fuel - pdf

Pictures:

Remains of the FALALOP Station
http://www.pacificworlds.com/yap/memories/memory4.cfm

1948 U.S. Coast Guard Official Photos

Emilo Garcia 1960 photos

The below photos were contributed by Loel Reinhart.
His father, Loel J. Reinhart (ET) was a crew member at the Potangeras station c./1947

The station

L to R: Loel and Gene Massey

The crew

Thanks Loel!

Retrieved from Fred's Place c./1970