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Located in northwestern Rhode Island,this site was only used during the Nike Ajax era. 

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IFC

   Street Map of Site

Launcher Area

Location
IFC:   Oak Hill south of Rte. 101, Theodore Foster Drive.

Launcher Area: South of Windsor near Boss.  

Present Status
IFC: Foster/Gloucester Regional School District Offices
LCA: State of Rhode Island State Police Academy


Links
Army Corps of Engineers Update: http://www.nae.usace.army.mil/publicac/updteri.htm

Contacts

MSG (ret) Dave Leatherman

Pictures

Aerial Photographs of the Site

1960 IFC Photos

1998 Site Photos
Dates of Operation
1956-1961

History
Nike-Ajax site manned by Active Army
troops Apr 56-Dec 61 and by RI ARNG
6 Dec 60- Mar 61.


Weapons Systems & Missile Load
Nike Ajax / 30 (10 per launcher section)
12 mounted on launchers (4 per launcher section)

Missile Magazines/ Launcher Sections
3  Magazines.
1 type "B", 2 Ajax

Units
Btry D, 739th AAA Missile BN (Nike)(Continental)
Apr 56- Dec 56
Btry D, 751st AAA Missile BN (Nike)(Continental)
Dec 56- Oct 58
above redesignated as:
Btry D, 4th Missile BN (Nike Ajax), 68th Artillery
Oct 58-Dec 61
Btry D, 2d Missile BN (Nike-Ajax) , 243d Artillery 
Dec 60 -Mar 63


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