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Detroit Defense Area
Nike air defense area, consisting of several Nike missile batteries to defend urban, industrial, and military targets from Soviet bomber attacks.

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.



Subtopics

Nike D-06 8 Nike Ajax/Nike Hercules launchers.. Operational 1955 - Apr 1974 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-14 8 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1955 - Feb 1963 . Control site partially intact; Army Engineering Support Buildings. Launch site obliterated; Army Tank Automotive Command .

Nike D-16 8 Nike Ajax/Nike Hercules launchers.. Operational 1955 - Jun 1971 . Control site partially intact; Army Engineering Support Buildings. Launch site obliterated; Army Tank Automotive Command .

Nike D-17 12 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1957 - Feb 1963 . Control site private ownership. Launch site private ownership.

Nike D-23 8 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1955 - Dec 1960 . Control site obliterated; City of Detroit. Launch site obliterated; City of Detroit.

Nike D-26 16 Nike Ajax/8 Nike Hercules launchers. Operational 1955 - Nov 1968 . Control site obliterated; City of Detroit. Launch site obliterated; City of Detroit.

Nike D-51 8 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1955 - Feb 1963 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-54 24 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1955 - Feb 1963 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-57/58 . Operational 1955 - Apr 1974 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-61 12 Nike Ajax/Nike Hercules launchers. Operational 1957 - Jun 1971 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-69 8 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1956 - Feb 1963 . Control site partially intact; City of Detroit. Launch site obliterated; City of Detroit.

Nike D-86 12 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1957 - Feb 1963 . Control site partially intact; State of Michigan. Launch site obliterated; State of Michigan.

Nike D-87 12 Nike Ajax/10 Nike Hercules launchers. Operational 1955 - Apr 1974 . Both Control and launch sites transferred from DoD control to another party.

Nike D-97 12 Nike Ajax launchers.. Operational 1955 - Feb 1963 . Control site obliterated; Oakland Community College. Launch site obliterated; Oakland Community College.

Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules. Bibliography: 13403.

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