Texas Tower #2 Off George's Bank

Texas Tower #2 was located about 125 miles east of Chatham Massachusetts in the Atlantic Ocean and stood about 654 feet from the sea surface and 150 feet from the ocean floor. The tower's missoin was to provide radar coverage and was assigned to the 4604th Support Squadron at Otis Air Force Base in Massachusetts.

COMMANDERS OF TOWER #2

Texas Tower #2 Commanders Rank                         Name                       Job                                     Dates Captain                  RalphTribble            Commander                             62-63 Captain                  Bernie Freeman        C&E                                       62-63    Captain                  William R. Willner    Commander/ Pilot                     61-62 Captain                  S.J. Shaffran           Commander/ C&E                    61-62 Lt.                        William R South        C&E                                      61-62 Lt.                        ? Williamson             Utilities                                   61-62 SMsgt                   ? Baker                    1st Sgt./Ops                            61-62 SMsgt.                  ? McNeely               C&E                                       61-62 TSgt                     Fredrick Aschert       Comm                                    61-62 SSgt                     ? Kilroy                    Crypto                                    61-62     Captain                 Virgil A Daniels          Commander                            57-59 Captain                 Charles Kovac.           Commander                           57-59 Captain                 Andrew Brewer          Operations                             57-59 Captain                 ? Higgins                    Operations                            57-59 Lt.                        ? Wismar                   Operations                            57-59 CWO                   Claude Hardy               Utilities (2nd tour)                 57-59 CWO                    Nolan Grantham          Comm Officer                      57-59 CWO                    Robert Westfall            Radar Officer                      57-59 Msgt                    Ram Radar                  NCOIC                                57-59         Captain                James Phelan                Commander                        55-57 Captain                Charles Nickolson         OIC                                   56-57 CWO                   Claude Hardy               Utilities Officer                    56-57 Captain                 Arthur M Hansen         OIC                                   55-57 Captain                 James I Poole              OIC                                   55-56 Captain                 M P Cvitanovich Jr      OIC                                   55-56 A1C                     John Silva                   Electrical Power Production 55-56