ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS Ross G. Argyle (holding test
lead) and Robert J. Cooper, trouble shooting for cause of receiver
failure. Photo By Ameigh
TWO MAIN BUILDINGS, the first of which is the berthing, rec
reational areas; the latter is emergency generator room, garage and
electronics spaces. The four poles in the background are the supports
for the transmitting antenna on the air and emergency antenna.
Photo By Ameigh
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Loran Station Serves Community Well;
24-Hour Vigil Maintained By The CG
Ten years of serving a useful
mission and playing a vital role af
fecting the everyday life of the
community is the record of the
United States Loran Transmitting
Station at Spruce Cape.
Though its history does not go
as far back as that of Kodiak, its
usefulness to the vicinity of Kodiak
Island dates back a span of ten
years. Built in 1951-52, it serves
the Gulf of Alaska in conjunction
with the Loran Stations at Biorka
Island and Ocean Cape, Yakutat.
This unit is an aid to navigation
electronics station transmitting
continuously during the 24-hour
day. It is one of approximately
seventy located throughout the
world. It is one of the few that is
not entirely isolated.
The unit has a complement of
eleven men. The men do their own
washing and cooking, in addition to
watchstanding. The men have over
one million dollars worth of elec
‘ronics equipment in their care.
Primary purpose of the station is
*o aid aircraft and vessels in trou
ble, or assist them before trouble
comes.
The complement of one officer
and eleven men is made up of sin
gle and married men on a ratio of
about 50 percent of each. The mar
ried men and their families reside
in town, according to Lieut. R. L.
DeMichiell, commanding officer at
the sta/tion here.
The group from the station par
ticipates in local function, and also
plays host to groups from town.
Only three miles from town, the
station site is considered one of
the most beautiful picnic areas in
the vicinity. It is used for this pur
pose by Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
church groups, wives’ Clubs, local
Navy and Coast Guard units.
“The Kodiak Baptist Mission has
held its annual Christmas party at
the station for the past several
years,” Lieut. DeMiohiell stated.
One of the men act as Santa Claus,
a few skits are enjoyed and each
child opens his or her one or two
cherished presents. “One cannot
find a better mannered group of
children in the world,” the Com
manding Officer continued. “Not
one scrap of paper was left on the
floor; the recreation room was left
in a spotless condition,” were the
words of commendation from Lieut.
DeMiohiell.
The FBI has conducted its an
nual target practice at the station
pistol range for the past few years,
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as has the local police and shore
patrol.
In the field of participation in
local activities, the unit has main
tained a team in the Elk’s Com
mercial Bowling League of Kodiak,
and also a team, with the assistance
of personnel from the CG Air De
tachment, Kodiak, in the City’s
basketball tournament.
UNGRATEFUL FARMER
The farmer who bought a Cadil
lac with the federal money he got
for cutting his corn acreage—Wil
liam T. Smith of big flats, New
York—has been getting a lot of
letters. He says they run 4-to-one
in favor of his protest against the
government subsidy program. One
letter came from a farmer in Moor
head, Minnesota, who called far
mer Smith an “ungrateful dope
that bites the hand that feeds you.”
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