Perm ID | Sage ID | JSS ID | Unit | Location | Early Equip. |
Final Equip. |
Oper. Date |
Inact. Date |
Notes |
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TT-2 | TT-2 | 762; 4604 | Texas Tower No. 2 (Georges Shoal) | FPS-3A / -20A / -67; FPS-6 (2) | May 1956; Apr 1958 | 15-Jan-63 | Operational as a SAGE unit in Sep 1958. Parent station was North Truro AFS, MA (P-10). Plans for an AN/FPS-27 FD search radar were cancelled. Plans for an AN/FPS-26 FD height-finder radar were cancelled. Decommissioned in 1963; tower sank during dismantling. 56-foot depth, 110 miles east of Cape Cod. In the nautical chart (located under "Aerial Images"), water depths are in fathoms. |
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