So, LORAN stations operated in pairs on different ... multiple readings without switching to an entirely new pair. The Coast Guard video below explains it graphically, if that helps.

But government officials and developers can only continue to long for the 210 acres that used to house the Coast Guard's LORAN-C transmission station. "It's a non-starter," said U.S. Rep.

The Coast Guard is expected save about $36 million ... The base here will be the last one to shut down, as it oversaw 24 smaller U.S. Loran stations — many in remote, desolate areas such as ...

Chief Warrant Officer Timothy Harris, the commander of the Coast Guard’s Loran station on the Bering Sea island of St. Paul, 800 miles southwest of Anchorage, was shot several times early ...

The first LORAN-A operations began 67 years ago before the end of World War II, Sanders said. He said the Mojave Desert is not the only "awkward place" for a Coast Guard station. Other duty ...

The Coast Guard crew is stationed about 30 miles south of Gillette at the LORAN-C station. Electronics Technician Chief Rodney Clark, who commands the Gillette station, said they usually get a ...

LORAN Stations were first established in the Atlantic ... in the bombing campaign against the Japanese homeland. The Coast Guard retained and expanded the LORAN system at the end of the war ...

The Coast Guard operates 24 Loran stations nationwide, known as Loran C, to help operators of ships and planes determine their location. Nineteen stations have been upgraded to eLoran, which ...

The Coast Guard has said it would like to shed the $36 million yearly operating costs for 24 Loran stations and monitoring equipment in the USA and Alaska. The agency is planning three public ...

Malone Mayor Gene Wright has received official world that the satellite Coast Guard station on State Road 71 North has been shut down. The entrance gate is already padlocked, and the buildings on ...

He adds that Coast Guard-owned properties such as the oceanfront LORAN station on Nantucket Island, Mass., may prove attractive to both public- and private-sector bidders. “Any funds from ...