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Originally Posted by CooperS7777
You are correct! I just did a bit more reading on Loran (its been a long time!) It was Loran-A that was decommissioned in the 80's.
I can't speak on behalf of the armed services side of things, but celestial navigation is still very much a part of the curriculum required by many of the USCG issued Merchant Mariners licenses.
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I'm sure that the USN surface folks still practice cel nav, but it's been long gone from the aviation part of the Navy.