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Detroit Defense Area

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Built during the mid-1950s, Detroit Defense Area Nike batteries are located at:

(D-06) Utica (D-57) Carleton

(D-14) Selfridge AFB (D-58) Carleton/Newport

(D-16) Selfridge AFB (D-61) Wayne County Airport

(D-17) Algonic/Marine City (D-69) River Rouge Park

(D-23) Detroit City Airport (D-86)Franklin/Bingham

(D-26) Fort Wayne/Detroit (D-87) Commence/Union Lake

(D-51) NAS Grosse Isle (D-97) Auburn Heights. (D-54) Riverview/Wyandotte

Missile defense coordination was controlled by Missile Master (replaced by Missile Mentor) collocated with sites at Selfridge AFB. Headquarters facilities were posted at Selfridge as well as the Detroit Artillery Armory.

Site (D-58) Carleton hosted two launcher sites that were controlled by separate tracking radar sites. Between 1958 and 1961, the Army converted sites (D-06, D-16, D-26, D-58, D-61, and D-87) from Nike Ajax to Nike Hercules. The Michigan Army National Guard assumed manning responsibilities for many of the sites in the 1960s. Sites D-06, D-58, and D-87 Hercules batteries remained active until 1974.