Template:WestUSWWIIRadarSites

From FortWiki
Revision as of 17:36, 20 May 2017 by John Stanton (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Western US WWII Radar Sites (edit list)
ID Site State Type Start Stop GPS Src Notes
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Worden WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Worden ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-582 1943 1946 48.14022,
-122.76898
1 HECP/HDCP
Search
{{{Unit}}} [[Camp Hayden WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Camp Hayden ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-682 1944 1945 48.15961,
-123.68582
1 Alt HECP/HDCP
Search
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Worden WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Worden ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1943 1945 48.14009,
-122.77124
1 FC for Battery Tolles B
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Ebey WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Ebey ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1943 1945 48.21569,
-122.75877
1 FC for Battery 248
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Camp Hayden WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Camp Hayden ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1944 1945 48.16045,
-123.68258
1 FC for Battery 249
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Majestic WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Majestic ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1944 1945 48.15824,
-123.88741
1 FC for Battery 131
2 - 16" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Ebeys Landing WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Ebeys Landing ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-547 48.19052,
-122.70518
1 HF for Battery AMTB - Ebey's Landing
4 - 90mm Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Wilson Point WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Wilson Point ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-547 48.14385,
-122.75459
1 HF for Battery AMTB - Wilson Point
4 - 90mm Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[North Head WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|North Head ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-682 1944 1946 46.30038,
-124.07568
2 HECP/HDCP
Search
{{{Unit}}} [[North Head WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|North Head ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1943 1946 46.29999,
-124.07242
2 FC for Battery 246
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Canby WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Canby ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-296A 1943 1946 46.27862,
-124.05469
2 FC for Battery 247
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Stevens WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Stevens ({{{Numb}}})]] OR SCR-296A 1943 1946 46.1889,
-123.97343
2 FC for Battery 245
2 - 6" Guns
{{{Unit}}} [[Fort Canby WWII Radar Site ({{{Numb}}})|Fort Canby ({{{Numb}}})]] WA SCR-547 46.2746,
-124.04273
2 HF for Battery AMTB - Fort Canby
4 - 90mm Guns

WWII Radar Types

SCR-268 Searchlight
SCR-270 Search
SCR-271 Search
SCR-296-A Battery Fire Control

SCR-516 GCI
SCR-527 Search
SCR-582 Harbor Search
SCR-584 Search/Tracking
SCR-588 Search/GCI
SCR-682 Harbor Search


  • Approximate Coordinates
Sources

1. Supp HD Project, HD of Puget Sound, 1945, CDSG.
2. Supp HD Project, HD of Columbia River, 1946, CDSG.
3. Supp HD Project, HD of San Francisco, 1945, CDSG.
4. Supp HD Project, HD of Los Angeles, 1944, CDSG.
5. Supp HD Project, HD of San Diego, 1945, CDSG.
6. Radar Station B-71 HAER No. CA-332 Appendix A
7. California Military Museum
11. US Army Owned, Sponsored and Leased Facilities Report, AMD-1, Office of the Chief of Engineers, 31 Dec 1945, CDSG Pdf.
12. Mikesh, Robert C., Japan's World War II Balloon Bomb Attacks on North America, Smithsonian Institution Press (GPO), Washington, 1973, page 32, 34-35
13. Deur, Douglas, Empires of the Turning Tide: A History of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park and the Columbia-Pacific Region, Pacific West Region: Social Science Series, Publication Number 2016-001, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, ISBN 978-0-692-42174-1