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The building of the North Atlantic Chain in 1942 - 1943: | The building of the North Atlantic Chain in 1942 - 1943: | ||
"The first Loran-A pair was on the air permanently by June 1942 (Montauk Point, NY, and Fenwick Is, Del.), and by October there were additional stations along the Canadian east coast. The system became operational in early 1943, and late that year stations were established in Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroes and the Hebrides to complete the North Atlantic cover, | "The first Loran-A pair was on the air permanently by June 1942 (Montauk Point, NY, and Fenwick Is, Del.), and by October there were additional stations along the Canadian east coast. The system became operational in early 1943, and late that year stations were established in Greenland, Iceland, the Faeroes and the Hebrides to complete the North Atlantic cover. Loran stations were manned by the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), and the Royal Navy (RN). At the request of the RAF, another station was put into the Shetlands to cover Norway, and Loran was eventually used by over 450 aircraft of Coastal Command." (*) | ||
By 1944, the North Atlantic Chain was composed of these transmitter stations: | |||
Fenwick Island, Delaware, DE - (USGC) | |||
Mantauk Point, Long Island NY - USGC | |||
Baccaro, Nova Scotia, Canada - RCN | |||
Deming, Nova Scotia, Canada - RCN | |||
See USGC website on the history ... | See USGC website on the history ... | ||
The building of loran in the Pacific is documented ... : | The building of loran in the Pacific is documented ... : | ||
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REFERENCES USED | REFERENCES USED | ||
JA Pierce, "An Introduction to Loran", IEEE AES Magazine 1990 (attached) | JA Pierce, "An Introduction to Loran", IEEE AES Magazine 1990 (attached) | ||
Bowditch, American Practical Navigator.U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1958 pp. 333 - 343 | Bowditch, American Practical Navigator.U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1958 pp. 333 - 343 | ||
Willoughy, Malcom Francis; The Story of LORAN in the U.S. Coast Guard in World War II, Arno Pro, 1980 | |||
Other key information about Loran 'A' can be found at the Loran History web site. | Other key information about Loran 'A' can be found at the Loran History web site. | ||
http://www.loran-history.info/ | http://www.loran-history.info/ | ||
