Table 1 (Concluded) 1 















Primary 







Active 



Number 







Range 



Direction 





Battery 



Period 



Guns 



Armorment 



Weight 



(miles) 



of Fire 



Comments 



Arrow- 



1909-1919 



3 



8" 



260 lb 



8 



Southwest to 



Disappearing 



smith 













north 



guns - battery 

 was located on 

 bayside of Sandy 

 Hook - could 

 cover Sandy 

 Hook Bay and 

 lower New York 

 Harbor 



Mills 



WWl to WWII 



2 



12" 



975 lb 



20 



360 deg from 

 1919 to 1942- 

 guns were 

 casemated in 

 1942, limiting 

 field of fire to 

 northeast to 

 southeast 



Barbette carriage 

 360 deg swivel 

 roofed over in 

 WWII which 

 limited traverse 



52nd 



1930-1941 





8" rifles 



Moved 1917 



14 



360 deg 



Several rail spurs 



Coast 









260 lb moved 







in the sand dunes 



Artillery 









1938 260 lb 



20 



360 deg 



on the ocean side 



Hdq 









moved 1917 







of Sandy Hook | 



battery C 







12" mortars 



700 lb 



9 



360 deg 





battery - 







on railway 





Maximum 







12' mortar 







flat cars 





range 







E battery - 

















8" rifles 

















Anti- 



WWII 



8 



90mm 



Projectile 



Horizontal 





Antiaircraft 



Aircraft 



1942-1946 







21 lb 



range 





batteries active in 



90mm 









23.4 lb 

 24 lb 



11-12 





WWII 4 guns at 

 and near battery 

 Peck, and 4 guns 

 in sand dunes 

 overlooking 

 ocean - north of 

 battery Gunnison 



AAA Guns 



1922-1945 



10 





Projectiles 

 weighed 

 12.8 lb 

 15.5 lb 

 24.3 lb 

 and 26.2 lb 



Horizontal 

 range 8-9 







Other 

















.30cal 



WWl 















.50cal 

















.30cal 



WWII 















.50cal 

















20mm 

















37mm 

















40mm 













I 





' PerThoma 



s Hoffman, National Park Ser 



vice, personal communication, 1 



395. 







During WWII 



(1942-43) some field artillery 



was probably employed, probat 



ly 75-mm and/ 



or 105-mm guns. 





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