Nike Battery PH-58, Swedesboro, NJ

Nike Battery PH-58
Swedesboro, NJ

The southernmost Nike missile installation in the Garden State, the Swedesboro site followed the "standard" Nike site specification possessing 3 underground missile magazines. Nike Hercules missiles became operational at this site during the early Sixties.

Site PH-58 was manned by units of the active Army until the closure of the nationwide Nike system in the 1970s.

Location
Launcher Area:
Swedesboro,
(Gloucester County), NJ
Control Area:
Swedesboro,
(Gloucester County), NJ
Dates of Operation
1957-1974
Weapons Systems
& Missile Load
Nike Ajax / 30
Nike Hercules / 24

Missile Magazines
3 Magazines.
1 type "B" and 2 type "C".

Radar Types
ABAR(AN/FPS-75)
Unit Information
Army -
D/176th (1957-1958)
D/2/59th (1958-1961)
B/3/43rd (1961-1974)

Present Status
The abandoned Swedesboro Nike missile site remains partially intact today and is owned by the General Services Administration.