Information for Texas Tower No. 3 (Nantucket Shoal)

Latitude: 40-45-00 N, Longitude: 069-19-00 W

Call Sign(s): Exam


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
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TT-3 TT-3   773; 4604 Texas Tower No. 3 (Nantucket Shoal) FPS-20A / -67; FPS-6 (2)   mid 1958 25-Mar-63 Operational as a SAGE unit in Oct 1958. Parent station was Montauk AFS, LI, NY (P-45). Decommissioned in 1963; tower dismantled & salvaged. 80-foot depth, 100 miles southeast of Rhode Island. In the nautical chart (located under "Aerial Images"), water depths are in fathoms.

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