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Texas Tower 2

Coordinates:41°45′0.00″N67°46′0.00″W / 41.7500000°N 67.7666667°W /41.7500000; -67.7666667
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Former U.S. Air Force radar station

Texas Tower 2
Part ofAir Defense Command (ADC)
Image of Texas Tower 2
Map
Location
Coordinates41°45′0.00″N67°46′0.00″W / 41.7500000°N 67.7666667°W /41.7500000; -67.7666667
TypeLong Range Radar Site
Site information
Open to
the public
No
Site history
Built by United States Air Force
In use1958-1963
Demolished1963
762d Radar Squadron
4604th Support Squadron
Texas Tower 2 emblem

Texas Tower 2 (ADC ID: TT-2) was a formerUnited States Air ForceTexas Tower General Surveillance Radar station, first operational in 1955. It was located 110 miles (180 km) east ofCape Cod, Massachusetts, in 56 feet (17 m) of water. The tower was closed in 1963 and dismantled.[1][2]

Located onGeorges Bank, Texas Tower 2 was one in a series of manned radar stations that were so named because they resembled the oil-drilling platforms of theGulf of Mexico.Air Defense Command (ADC) estimated that the Texas Towers would help extend contiguous East Coast radar coverage some 300 to 500 miles (480 to 800 km) seaward. In terms of Soviet military capabilities, this would provide the United States with an extra 30 minutes of warning time in the event of an incoming bomber attack.

History

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Texas Tower 2 began construction in 1955 atFore River Shipyard inQuincy, Massachusetts. In June 1955, it was successfully floated and towed to its site east ofCape Cod. Beginning in December 1955 enough of the structure was complete that oneAN/FPS-3 search radar and twoAN/FPS-6 height finder radars developed byAir Force Rome Air Development Center in Rome, New York, were installed.

Personnel from the762d Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, stationed atNorth Truro Air Force Station, MA operated the tower. It was manned by a crew of 6 officers and 48 airmen. The 4604th Support Squadron (Texas Towers) at Otis AFB (nowOtis Air National Guard Base) provided logistical support. Life aboard Texas Tower 2 was difficult. Both the structure and its crew suffered from the near-constant vibration caused by rotating radar antennas and diesel generators. The surrounding ocean and tower footings also transmitted distant sounds along the steel legs, amplifying them throughout the entire structure.

With the advent of SovietICBMs and reduced threat of bombers, the tower was decommissioned in 1963 and demolished shortly thereafter.

During the demolition, the remains of the tower sank to the sea floor. It remains there and has become a site for scuba diving.

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References

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Public Domain This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^"The Texas Towers". Archived fromthe original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved20 June 2009.
  2. ^Texas Tower 2 at FortWiki.com
  • Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command.
  • A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946–1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
  • Information for Texas Tower No.2 (Georges Shoal)
  • The Texas Towers

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