Station HYPO

Mission Requirements

Considering the prospect of a nuclear war with the Soviet Union, United States leaders in the 1950s had to know two things. First, what were the Soviets doing in their strategic missile programs? They had already demonstrated a nuclear capability with an atomic detonation in 1949 and a fusion-weapon test in 1953. Could they launch a nuclear weapon on a rocket over intercontinental distances? Second, how effective might Soviet defenses prove to be against US forces? Could the Soviets detect and shoot down US long-range bombers? And could the Soviets counter the developing US missile capability?

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Chief Towner entered the U.S. Navy Delayed Entry Program during his junior year of high school and subsequently enlisted on 18 June 1984 following graduation from Flagler Palm Coast High School in Palm Coast, Florida. Following recruit Training at RTC Orlando, Florida he reported to Naval Technical Training Center Corry Station Pensacola, Florida, for CTR/T A-school.

Early History

During World War II, lookouts aboard surfaced German submarines used handheld crystal-video radar receivers called ATHOS to detect pulses emitted by search radars on Allied warships and aircraft This type of receiver consisted of a tuning coil and capacitor to select the approximate radio frequency to be received; a crystal diode, usually of silicon, that acted as a one-way gate, or rectifier, and produced an audible sound; and a simple amplifier that broadcast the “detected” sounds over a headset or loudspeaker. After the war, this same technology was adopted and applied in the direction-finding systems of American warships and airplanes because of its simplicity, small size, and “wideopen” frequency-detection characteristics.

Master Chief Smith entered the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program during his junior year of high school and subsequently enlisted on 5 Jun 1984 following graduation from Mingus Union High School in Cottonwood, Arizona. Following basic training at RTC Orlando, FL, he reported to NTTC Corry Station, for Basic CTR A-school.

Reverend Arthur Jay Gowie, CTOCS, 81 passed away 23 May 2026 at the Veterans Home in Bangor, Maine. He was born on February 16, 1945, in Troy, New York, the son of Arthur and Jean Gowie.