Information for Texas Tower No. 2 (Georges Shoal)

Latitude: 41-44-00 N, Longitude: 067-47-00 W

Call Sign(s): Foolhardy


Perm ID Sage ID JSS ID Unit Location Early
Equip.
Final
Equip.
Oper.
Date
Inact.
Date
Notes
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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