03/04/2025
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๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐จ! (๐ผ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ.)
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ (1953-1972) ๐๐จ ๐ก๐ค๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ช, ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ค๐๐, ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ช. The United States Coast Guard Transmitting Station on the Island of Batan originated as Loran Mobile Unit Number 7. ELMO 7 was placed in a pre-commission status at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland on 19 February 1953, and immediately departed for the Coast Guard Base at Alameda, California, where the unit was commissioned on 23 April 1953. ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ (๐๐ผ๐ 186) ๐ค๐ฃ 25 ๐ผ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก 1953 ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ 8 ๐
๐ช๐ฃ๐ 1953.
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ 20 ๐
๐ช๐ก๐ฎ 1953. On 1 August 1953, the station with its paired masters, went on the air for full time navigational service. Throughout the time that the mobile Loran unit was being prepared for operation, and during the first two months of operation, the permanent station was under construction. The construction was completed and the commanding officer assumed custody of the entire station on 24 September 1953.
๐๐ง๐ค๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ช๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ค ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ 1955. The ELMOS were sold and operation within the new building started. Continued erosion of station grounds made construction of retaining walls necessary, and the present walls were completed on 12 September 1958. ๐๐ฃ 1961, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐.
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๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง'๐จ ๐๐ช๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ: The CO's quarters are located at the south end of the station ... The quarters consist of a large living room, bedroom combination, head (latrine) and screened porch. The bedroom can be isolated from the living room by closing a hanging bamboo curtain. It also contains a refrigerator.
๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ ๐จ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐: The barracks building is next to the CO's quarters at the south end of the station, below and parallel to the national road. It houses the living quarters of the crew, sick bay, the station laundry, and the sea bag locker. The BMC has a large combination office, living room, bedroom at the south end of the building. The center section contains the heads and other non-living quarters. Four men sleep in a room, each provided with a single bed, locker, shelves, and desk. The rooms are divided by partitions into one man cubicles. There is a single room next to the chiefs quarters that is used by the next senior petty officer.
๐๐๐จ๐จ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ /๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐: The galley building is located immediately north of the barracks building and houses the galley, mess deck, and recreation area. The mess deck/recreation deck is used as a living room by the crew. The galley spaces include two large walk-in re**ers, electric oven-stove, grill, ice machine, and ice cream freezer. The cook is assisted by one of two Filipino workers who rotate the duties of mess cook. Meals are served cafeteria style and the men sit four to a table. A large recreation gear locker opens off the mess deck and adjacent to it is a dark room. The mess deck and the barracks are connected by a bar. There beer and soda are sold on the honor system.
๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐: The power building is located north of the galley building at the south end of the vehicle apron. It contains the main electrical switch board and the power plant, plus storage and workshop spaces. Two of the four 15 KW International Harvester Diesel Generators are in use at all times. One provides the power for the electronics equipment in the signal building, while the other supplies the electrical services for the station. Generators are normally run for 10 days before being shut down for servicing. The station is also supplied with 2 complete spare generators that are stored outside in hermitically sealed containers. The diesel fuel for the generators is stored in nine 4250 gallon capacity tanks on the hill above the signal building. Readings from the generators and re**er units are taken hourly.
๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ฝ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐: The signal building, the heart of the Loran operation is located on the extreme north end of the station, and is equipped with blower system for ventilation and exhaust. It contains all the loran, communications, test and repair equipment. Loran and communications transmitters are located in the transmitter room. Also located in this room are the weather instruments used in the weather reporting program. The loran transmitter delivers 128,000 watts peak pulse power to the 125-foot antenna located some 300 feet north of the signal building. All loran electronic equipment is in duplicate. One unit is in operation with the other in immediate standby. Next to the transmitter room is the timer room containing the timers and switching units for double loran slave station operation. The communications center is in this room also. Primary radio communications with CG Radio Sangley Point and the other loran stations is via Single Sideband Radiotelephone. The station is also equipped with two receivers and a MF/HF transmitter. The front or south end of the building contains a heated spare parts room, and a combination workshop-office.
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๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐จ. The station office is located in the building with the CO's quarters at the south end of the station, and is the primary place of business for the commanding officer and his clerical assistant, the RM1. The station files, publications, and records are kept here. The BMC functions as the executive officer, and is responsible for supervising the daily routine of the station. In addition to the BMC department head, the ET1, HM1, CS1, and EN1 carry out administrative duties as electronics department head, medical officer, commissary department head and engineering department head, respectively.
๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก:
(a) Officer: 1 - LTJG/ENS - Commanding Officer
(b) Enlisted: 1 - BMC - Boatswain's Mate CPO
1 - ET1 - Electronics Technician PO1
1 - HM1 - Hospital Corpsman PO1
1 - CS1 - Commissaryman PO1
1 - EN1 - Engineman PO1
1 - RM2 - Radioman PO2
1 - ET2 - Electronics Technician PO2
1 - ET3 - Electronics Technician PO3
1 - EN3 - Engineman PO3
1 - SN - Seaman
1 - FN - Fireman
๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ / ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐พ๐๐๐ง๐๐:
CO: LTJG H J Straut 1956 - 1957
CO: LTJG R B Bacon 1957 - 1958
CO: LTJG Thomas Tyler 1959 - 1960
CO: LTJG William (Bill) Roland 1960 - 1961
CO: LTJG Marshall E Gilbert 1961 - 1962
CO: LTJG Thomas J Cunningham 1962 - 1963
CO: LTJG Weiskettle 1963 -
CO: LTJG H E Obedin ? - MAY 1964
CO: LTJG Robert C Eddy MAY 1964 - DEC 1964
CO: LTJG Robert Shank DEC 1964 - NOV 1965
CO: LTJG Michael O'Conner 1967 - 1968
CO: LTJG Baker 1968 - 1969
Last CO: LTJG George (Andy) Baldwin NOV 1970 - 31 MAR 1971
Last OINC: BMC J.T. Taylor 31 MAR 1971 -
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CO: ENS Cueto
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1. ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก: Supplies and personnel are normally delivered via Coast Guard aircraft from the air detachment Sangley Point once each week (usually Wednesday). Heavy items and fuel are delivered by the USCGC KUKUI arriving yearly logistic trips.
2. ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ:
(๐) ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐๐จ: Standard Navy stock list items are requisitioned from NSD Subic Bay, RP and USNS Sangley Point, RP. Some items are procured from NSD Pearl Harbor, NSC Oakland, or General Services Administration, San Francisco. Coast Guard items are ordered from CGSD, Sand Island, Honolulu.
(๐) ๐๐ช๐๐ก: Gasoline, diesel fuel oil, and l**e oil are procured by the Section office from USNS Sangley Point. It's delivered via CGC KUKUI. The KUKUI docks at Mahatao on the other side of the island, and the diesel oil is transported to the station via tank truck.
(๐) ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐๐จ: All commissary stores are purchased at the USNS Sangley Point. Dry stores items are delivered in case lots via CGC KUKUI.
((๐) ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐จ: Electronics parts are ordered from NSD Subic Bay, CGSD Sand Island, Honolulu, and CGSC Brooklyn, New York.
3. ๐๐๐๐ก: Mail arrives weekly on the CG logistics flight. All mail is handled through the Navy post office at Sangley Point. Normal post office services are available to station personnel through the Philippine Section Canteen system. The Philippine Postal Service has offices on the island, and Philippine Airlines flies mail to and from the island twice a week. Postal rates, however, are high -approximately 75 centavos ($0.19) for an airmail letter. Travel time for mail by either method is 5 to 7 days to the east coast of the US. ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐จ:
Commanding Officer
USCG Loran Station
Box 10
FPO San Francisco, California 96652
4. ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Primary transportation to and from the island for CG personnel is via CG aircraft (HU 16E). Except during bad weather the flights are scheduled weekly. Flying time from Sangley Point is two and one-half hours. Philippine Airlines makes scheduled flights from Manila twice a week.
(๐) ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐จ: The station has two 3/4 ton Dodge M37 trucks, and one 1/2 ton trailer. The trucks are the primary means of transportation for cargo and personnel.
(๐) ๐ฝ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐จ: Unfortunately due to the exposed location of the station, lack of suitable launching area, and the strong currents and rough water, the station does not have a recreation boat.
5. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ผ๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐: A hospital corpsman first class is assigned to the station. He has at his disposal a well equipped sick bay. There is a small hospital in Basco and a doctor in Uyugan. In an emergency, these facilities are made available to station personnel. Serious cases are air evacuated to the hospital at Sangley Point. From time to time, the corpsman gives emergency first aid to local Filipinos, and the station provides transportation to the hospital for injured natives.
๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐: ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ (๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ผ๐ง๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐จ ๐ผ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ)
