LORAN C transmitter Nantucket

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Status Demolished Height 190 m Main contractor United States Coast Guard		Destroyed 1981 Completed 1943
Type Mast radiator insulated against ground Location Siasconset, Massachusetts Similar Lawrence Light Guard Ar, Coast Guard Station S, Water Shops Armory, Fort Dawes, Fort Ruckman

Nantucket LORAN-C transmitter was a LORAN-C transmitter at Siasconset, Massachusetts. It was built in 1963 with a 625 ft tall mast radiator. It operated in conjunction with the LORAN-A station on Nantucket from 1963-1981. It was closed in February 2010 when the United States discontinued the Loran system, and the tower was taken down in May 2013.

Map of LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA

LORAN A

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant, Junior Grade W P Clark 8/43-44

Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Jack Cromwell 1957

LORAN A/C

1st Commanding Officer: "Red" Fredericks 1962-63

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Ostrum 1963-64

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Wesemen 1970-73

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Communications Technician Winfrey 1973-76

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Jack Ryan 1978-80

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant John W Simpson 80-81

LORAN C

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Brooke Winter 81-82

Commanding Officer: Commissioned Warrant Officer Joseph Puntino 82-84

Commanding Officer: Commissioned Warrant Officer David Fronzuto 84-86

1st Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Bill Dietz 86- 87

Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Joe Jester 87-90

Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician John Dreger 02 – 04

Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Martin Hazeltine 04 - 08

Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Shane Hyde 08 - 10

References

LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket Wikipedia

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Contents

Map of LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket, Nantucket, MA 02554, USA

LORAN A

LORAN A/C

LORAN C

References