LORAN-C transmitter Nantucket

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]

Nantucket LORAN-A
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°15′12.40″N 69°58′38.76″W
Completed	1943
Demolished	1981
Design and construction
Main contractor	US Coast Guard

Nantucket LORAN-C Mast
General information
Status	Demolished
Type	Mast radiator insulated against ground
Location	Siasconset, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°15′12.40″N 69°58′38.76″W
Completed	1962
Closed	2010
Demolished	May 2013
Height	625 ft (190.50 m)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Construction Detachment, B
Main contractor	US Coast Guard

Commanders

LORAN A

• Commanding Officer: Lieutenant, Junior Grade W P Clark 8/1943-44
• Officer-in-Charge: Chief Electronics Technician Jack Cromwell 1957 ^{[citation needed]}

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 ^{[citation needed]}

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 ^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of masts
• List of military installations in Massachusetts