LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket explained

Nantucket LORAN-A
Building Type:	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location:	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Status:	Demolished
Completion Date:	1943
Demolition Date:	1981
Main Contractor:	US Coast Guard

Nantucket LORAN-C Mast
Building Type:	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location:	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Status:	Demolished
Completion Date:	1962
Closing Date:	2010
Demolition Date:	May 2013
Height:	6252NaN2
Architect:	Construction Detachment, B
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 Charles T. 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

See also

• List of masts
• List of military installations in Massachusetts

External links

• Loran Station Nantucket
• Excel-File with information about LORAN-C transmitters

Notes and References

1. News: Graziadei. Jason. End of an era: LORAN station in Sconset decommissioned. 3 Feb 2020. The Inquirer and Mirror. 30 Sep 2010. 4 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200204004206/https://www.ack.net/article/20100930/NEWS/309309996. live.
2. News: Graziadei. Jason. Nantucket LORAN tower coming down. 3 Feb 2020. The Inquirer and Mirror. 3 May 2013. 4 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200204004204/https://www.ack.net/LORANtowercomingdown050313.htm. live.