Site of US Coast Guard LORAN Station Iwo Jima

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Constructed in 1963, the Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Iwo Jima, Japan which featured a 1,350ft tall guyed mast which broadcast its signal with 4000 kilowatts of power.

Operated by the US Coast Guard, the isolated station had living quarters, dining facility, administration buildings, generator power plant, water storage/treatment buildings, tennis/basketball courts, a garage, and a communications building. Following a deadly collapse of the original broadcast tower in 1965 that killed six station crew, the tower was rebuilt to its original dimensions and continued to operate under US Coast Guard control though 1993, when operational control was transferred to the Government of Japan. After less than a year of operation, the facility was shut down in 1994 and dismantled, with its broadcast duties being assumed by LORAN-C transmitter Niijima.

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