Table 1 (Continued) 















Primary 







Active 



Number 







Range 



Direction 





Battery 



Period 



Guns 



Armorment 



Weight 



(miles) 



of Fire 



Comments 



Gunnison 



1904 



2 



6" 







Northeast to 

 southeast 



Disappearing 

 guns converted in 

 1943 to 2-6" 

 Barbette 

 carriages from 

 battery Peck 





Converted in 



2 



6" from 







360 deg 



360 deg swivel 





1943 to 





battery 













Barbette 





peck 













carnages 















Old Proof 



1874-1900 



Small 







3.5+ mile 



Southeast over 



All American 





1874-1886 



arms 







range 



ocean and 



ordnance and 





converted 



machine 









south down 



also foreign 





rifled 



guns 









oceanside 



ordnance were 





Rodman 



field, 









beach and 



test fired at the 





guns were 



siege, 









sand dunes of 



Sandy Hook 





test fired 



and 

 Navy 

 artillery 1 

 to 16" 









Sandy Hook 



• Proving Ground 



New Proof 



1901-1919 



Small 



arms 



machine 



guns 



field, 



siege, 



and 



Navy 



artillery 



1 to 16" 







3.5+ mile 

 range 



Southeast over 

 ocean and 

 south down 

 oceanside 

 beach and 

 sand dunes of 

 Sandy Hook 





Battery 



WWI 



2 



12" 



975 lb 



20 



From 1919 to 



Barbette carriage 



Kingman 













1941, 360 deg 

 field of fire. 

 Casemating in 

 1941 limited 

 guns to about 

 145 deg 



360 deg swivel 









j 





northeast to 











j 





southeast 





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Chapter 2 Background on Fort Hancock 



