Fort Hancock (2)
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Fort Hancock (2) (1857-1972) - Established in 1857 as the Third System Fort at Sandy Hook and renamed Fort Hancock 30 Oct 1895 after Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock. Fort Hancock was declared surplus by the Defense Department in 1972.
Fort Hancock (2) History
Established to provide protective shelter to U.S. shipping and to guard an important shipping channel into New York Harbor.
The original Third System Fort at Sandy Hook (1857-1885) was never completed. A new Endicott Period fort was established in 1892 and named Fort Hancock in 1895.
Part of the Harbor Defense of Southern New York.
Endicott Period
| Battery Click on Battery links below | No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Notes |
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| Battery Dynamite (1) | 2 | 15" | Pneumatic Gun & Carriage | 1896-1902 | USCG Shooting Range |
| Battery Dynamite (2) | 1 | 8" | Pneumatic Gun & Carriage | 1896-1902 | Mine Casemate 1921 |
| Battery Potter | 2 | 12" | Gun-lift Carriage | 1890-1907 | |
| Battery McCook | 8 | 12" | Mortar Carriage | 1898-1923 | Advanced HECP/HEDP 1943 |
| Battery Reynolds | 8 | 12" | Mortar Carriage | 1898-1918 | |
| Battery Alexander | 2 | 12" | Disappearing Carriage | 1899-1943 | |
| Battery Railway | 2 | 12" | Railway Mortar Carriage | 1930-1941 | From Fort Ustis - 1930 To Salvage - 1941 |
| Battery Railway | 2 | 8" | Railway Carriage | 1930-1941 | From Fort Ustis - 1930 To Bermuda - 1941 |
| Battery Bloomfield | 2 | 12" | Disappearing Carriage | 1899-1943 | |
| Battery Richardson | 2 | 12" | Disappearing Carriage | 1904-1944 | |
| Battery Halleck | 3 | 10" | Disappearing Carriage | 1898-1944 | 1 removed 191? |
| Battery Granger | 2 | 10" | Disappearing Carriage | 1898-194? | |
| Battery Arrowsmith | 3 | 8" | Disappearing Carriage | 1909-1921 | Part destroyed |
| Battery Peck | 2 | 6" | Pedestal Mount | 1903-1946 | Guns & Carriages relocated to Batter Gunnison site 1943 |
| Battery Gunnison | 2 | 6" | Disappearing Carriage | 1905-1943 | Rebuilt for Battery Peck guns |
| Battery Engle | 1 | 5" | Balance Pillar Mount | 1898-1917 | CRF built on emplacement |
| Battery Urmston | 6 | 3" | Masking Pedestal Mount Pedestal Mount | 1903-1944 | 2 guns replaced with M1903 P |
| Battery Morris | 4 | 3" | Pedestal Mount | 1908-1946 | |
| Source: Coastal Defense Study Group | |||||
World War I
| Battery Click on Battery links below | No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Notes |
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| Battery Kingman | 2 | 12" | Long Range Barbette Carriage | 1922-1946 | Casemated 1943 |
| Battery Mills | 2 | 12" | Long Range Barbette Carriage | 1922-1946 | Casemated 1943 |
| Source: Coastal Defense Study Group | |||||
World War II
| Battery Click on Battery links below | No. | Caliber | Type Mount | Service Years | Notes |
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| Battery AMTB #7 | 2 | 90 mm | Fixed Pedestal Mount | 1943-1946 | |
| Battery AMTB #8 | 2 | 90 mm | Fixed Pedestal Mount | 1943-1946 | On Battery Peck |
| Battery New Urmston (#6) | 2 | 3" | Pedestal Mount | 1942-1946 | Part covered |
| Source: Coastal Defense Study Group | |||||
Current Status
The historic fort is now managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, part of the National Park System.
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Location: Sandy Hook, New Jersey Maps & Images Lat: 40.463889 Long: -74.002778
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Sources:
- Weaver, John R. II, A Legacy in Brick and Stone: America Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, Redoubt Press, McLean, 2001, First Printing, ISBN 1-57510-069-X, Page 117-119
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 516-518
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