| Naval Facility (NAVFAC) Nantucket | |
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| Siasconset, Nantucket, Massachusetts | |
 NAVFAC Nantuckett ca. early 1960s after replacement of most Quonset buildings. Terminal building close to beach (center) in its own compound. | |
| Coordinates | 41°14′28.31″N 70°0′25.32″W / 41.2411972°N 70.0070333°W |
| Type | SOSUS shore terminus |
| Site information | |
| Controlled by | Commander, Oceanographic System Atlantic (COMOCEANSYSLANT) |
| Open to the public | No (mission and purpose classified until 1991) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1954-1955 |
| Built by | United States Navy |
| In use | 1955-1976 |
| Garrison information | |
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Naval Facility Nantucket Island or simply Naval Facility Nantucket (NAVFAC Nantucket) was a shore terminal of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) active from 1955 to 1976. The true function of the system and the shore terminals, in which output of the array at sea was processed and displayed by means of the Low Frequency Analyzer and Recorder (LOFAR), was classified and the term "Naval Facility" was intentionally vague. Its function was described as oceanographic research.
The facility was built about twelve miles from the town of Nantucket on a part of a site that had been used in World War II as an ordinance site and practice bombing range. Locally the facility was sometimes known as the Tom Nevers Naval Facility for the area of Nantucket island where it stood.[note 1]
In 1980 the property was sold to the Town of Nantucket and is now a park managed by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
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