Nike Missile Locations Indiana
State | Site Name | Missile Type | Defense Area | Site Loc | Service Dates | Control site condition/owner | Launch Site condition/owner |
IN | C-32 | Nike 3B/12H, 20A/12L-U | Chicago - Gary | Porter/ Chester | 1957 - Apr 1974 | Intact, HQ Indiana Dunes National Lake Shore | Intact, Private ownership |
CD-63 | Nike 3D/18H/12L-U | Cincinnati - Dayton | Dillsboro (SE) | Mar 1960 - Mar 1970 | FDS | Intact, Private ownership, home | |
C-45 | Nike 2B/20A/8L-A | Chicago - Gary | Gary Municipal Airport | 1957 - June 1960 | Partially Intact, Thought to remain under DOD control | Obliterated, Lake County, vacant, former Civil Defense site | |
C-47 | Nike 1B, 1C/12H, 20A/12L-U, (8L-H) | Chicago - Gary | Hobart/Wheeler | 1956 - Mar 1974 | Private ownership | Portage Township School Corporation | |
C-46 | Nike 1B, 1C/12H, 20A/12L-U, (8L-H) | Chicago - Gary | Munster | 1957 - Sep 1974 | Unknown | Partially Intact, Private ownership | |
C-48 | Nike 2B/20A/8L-A | Chicago - Gary | South Gary | 1957 - June 1960 | FDS | FDS |
Note that there are additional sites that covered the Gary area in Illinois.
Note that there are additional sites that covered the Cincinnati-Dayton area in Ohio.
Nike Missile Type Key
Missile Storage: C=Ajax only, original design B=Ajax or Hercules, some modifications were required for the elevator to handle the Hercules launcher. D= Either, increaed access room in the magazine
Missile Launcher: A=Ajax AA=Double Ajax launchers AG=Above Ground H=Hecrules L=Launcher K=Unoffical designation for Alaskan above ground launchers U=Uniersal launcher UA=1/2 Universal and 1/2 Ajax launchers UU=Double Univeral launchers
Note: Launchers converted to Hercules are given in paraenthesis, e.g. (8L-H)
This data is from the book To Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program