LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket

Nantucket LORAN-A
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Completed	1943
Destroyed	1981
Design and construction
Main contractor	US Coast Guard

Nantucket LORAN-C Mast
General information
Status	Defunct
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Completed	1962
Height	625 ft (190.50 m)
Design and construction
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 1963-1981. It was closed in February 2010 when the United States discontinued the Loran system, and the tower was taken down in May of 2013.

Commanders

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

See also

• List of masts

External links

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