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Naval Radio Transmitter Facility LaMoure

Coordinates: 46°21′57″N 98°20′09″W / 46.365971°N 98.335753°W / 46.365971; -98.335753
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Naval Radio Transmitter Facility LaMoure (NRTF LaMoure) is a United States Navy installation located about 3 km west of LaMoure, North Dakota. The site uses a former OMEGA Navigation System station as a VLF transmitter for communications with the US submarine fleet. Commander Blake Wayne Van Leer lead the construction and opening of the site.[1]

The unit operating the facility is the Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic Detachment (NCTAMS LANT Det) LaMoure, part of Naval Network Warfare Command.

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  1. ^ "Navy Civil Engineer, Volumes 11-12". 1970.
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46°21′57″N 98°20′09″W / 46.365971°N 98.335753°W / 46.365971; -98.335753