United States Coast Guard Sitkinak LORAN A/C Station
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United States Coast Guard, LORAN, historic ruins
U.S. Coast Guard LORAN-A/C transmitter station, active from 1960 until 1977.
Photos:
www.kadiak.org/sitkinak/sitkinak.html
From:
www.loran-history.info/sitkinak/My_Coast_Guard_Memories...
The Loran station consisted of three buildings. One building housed the CO & XO quarters/CPO quarters/crew’s barracks, the messdeck/galley and the admin spaces. The second was the “‘Signal/Power” building. This housed the radio/comms center, the Loran timer room, ET workshop and tech storage spaces in one end. Towards the center were the engineering spaces with their office spaces, general supply and storage spaces. The end opposite the ET spaces contained the generator compartment, the garages, and the DC shop. The third building was the Transmitter building and its transmitting tower.)
The air field was originally built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid-1950s to support the unfinished Sitkinak Air Force Station, an AC&W site. The LORAN site would have been the cantonment area for this facility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSKFHSFGgA
Photos:
www.kadiak.org/sitkinak/sitkinak.html
From:
www.loran-history.info/sitkinak/My_Coast_Guard_Memories...
The Loran station consisted of three buildings. One building housed the CO & XO quarters/CPO quarters/crew’s barracks, the messdeck/galley and the admin spaces. The second was the “‘Signal/Power” building. This housed the radio/comms center, the Loran timer room, ET workshop and tech storage spaces in one end. Towards the center were the engineering spaces with their office spaces, general supply and storage spaces. The end opposite the ET spaces contained the generator compartment, the garages, and the DC shop. The third building was the Transmitter building and its transmitting tower.)
The air field was originally built by the U.S. Air Force in the mid-1950s to support the unfinished Sitkinak Air Force Station, an AC&W site. The LORAN site would have been the cantonment area for this facility.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwSKFHSFGgA
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LORAN
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Coordinates: 56°32'24"N 154°7'49"W
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