LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket

Nantucket LORAN-C Mast
Nantucket LORAN-C Mast
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°15′12.40″N 69°58′38.76″W / 41.2534444°N 69.9774333°W
Completed	1962
Closed	2010
Demolished	May 2013
Height	625 ft (190.50 m)
Design and construction
Architect	Construction Detachment, B
Main contractor	US Coast Guard

Nantucket LORAN-A
Nantucket LORAN-A
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°15′12.40″N 69°58′38.76″W / 41.2534444°N 69.9774333°W
Completed	1943
Demolished	1981
Design and construction
Main contractor	US Coast Guard

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 to 1981. It was closed in 2010 when the United States discontinued the Loran system, and officially decommissioned on September 10.^[1] The tower was taken down in May 2013.^[2]

Commanders[]

LORAN A[]

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant, Junior Grade W P Clark 8/1943-44
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 1980-81

LORAN C[]

Commanding Officer: Lieutenant Brooke Winter 1981-82
Commanding Officer: Commissioned Warrant Officer Joseph Puntino 1982-84
Commanding Officer: Commissioned Warrant Officer David Fronzuto 1984-86
1st Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Bill Dietz 1986-87
Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Joe Jester 1987-90
Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician John Dreger 2002–04
Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Martin Hazeltine 2004-08
Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Shane Hyde 2008-10

References[]

^ Graziadei, Jason (30 Sep 2010). "End of an era: LORAN station in Sconset decommissioned". The Inquirer and Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 Feb 2020.
^ Graziadei, Jason (3 May 2013). "Nantucket LORAN tower coming down". The Inquirer and Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 Feb 2020.

External links[]

Loran Station Nantucket
Excel-File with information about LORAN-C transmitters^{[dead link]}

[Graziadei1-1] Graziadei, Jason (30 Sep 2010). "End of an era: LORAN station in Sconset decommissioned". The Inquirer and Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 Feb 2020.

[Graziadei2-2] Graziadei, Jason (3 May 2013). "Nantucket LORAN tower coming down". The Inquirer and Mirror. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 Feb 2020.

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