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Early Pacific Ocean Weather Stations
by Jim Gill, USCG Ret.
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By Station...
ONE
Aircraft Station (Plane Guard Station #1)
Date established unknown. Was in operation August 1946.
Position thought to be 30N x 140W
Name changed to FOX March 1947.
ABLE
Ex Station DOG (Name changed March 1947)
Date established unknown. Was in operation August 1946
Position 50N x 145W
30 May 1947 Discontinued.
21 September 1948 Reestablished.
19 December 1949 Named changed to PETER. (Later PAPA)
30 October 1950 Taken over by Canada
DOG
See Station ABLE above.
FOX
Ex Aircraft Station #1 (Name changed March 1947)
Position 30N x 140W
19 December 1949 Name changed to NAN
NAN
Ex Station FOX
10 December 1950 moved to 32.5N x 135W in concert with Station UNCLE.
21 June 1953 moved back to 30N x 140W when UNCLE discontinued.
Discontinued 13 April 1974. Last of the USCG Ocean Stations Pacific.
OBOE
Position 40N x 140W
Established 19 December 1949
Discontinued 31 July 1050
PETER
Ex Station ABLE
Position 50N x 145W
Taken over by Canada 30 November 1950
Discontinued late 70's
QUEEN
Position 48N x 168W
Established 6 April 1952
Discontinued 21 June 1953
ROMEO
Position 43 x 168W
Established 31 August 1958
Discontinued 1 February 1959
SUGAR
Position 48N x 162W
Established 10 September 1950
Discontinued 6 December 1963
UNCLE
Position 27.5 x 145W
Established 10 December 1950
Discontinued 21 June 1953
Operated in concert with Station Nan during this period to provide stations 1/3 and 2/3 of the route between San Francisco and Honolulu
VICTOR
Position 31 x 164E
Established 30 September 1951
Discontinued 15 January 1952
XRAY
Position 39N x 153E
Was in operation in January 1952
Established/Discontinued ? unknown
Notes: Stations NAN and UNCLE existed concurrently 10 December 1950 to 21 June 1953 along the SF-Hono route.
The international phonetic alphabet was changed thus the confusing station names. NAN became November, PETER became PAPA, etc.
In 1947 all ocean stations were assigned radio beacon identity signals with the preface 4Y plus the station name. In practice the 4 was dropped and the beacon signal consisted of Y, station identifier and two letters to indicate the particular square that the ship occupied in the 200 mile grid. (OS being the center square) Thus a ship on center square of station NOVEMBER would transmit (continuously) YNOS
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