Table 1 



Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, NJ, Battery Statistics 



Battery 



Active 

 Period 



Number 

 Guns 



Armorment 



Weight 



Range 

 (miles) 



Primary 

 Direction 

 of Fire 



Comments 



Morris 



1903-1942 



4 



3" 



15 lb for 

 projectile + 

 cartridge case 

 was about 15 

 more pounds 

 30 lb per 

 fixed round 



6-8 



North end of 

 Sandy Hook 

 toward NYC 



360 deg field of fire 

 guns mounted on 

 Barbette carriages 



Urmston 



1903-1942 



6 



3" 



15 lb for 

 projectile + 

 cartridge case 

 was about 15 

 more pounds 

 30 lb per 

 fixed round 



6-8 



Could fire 

 360 deg but 

 mainly north 

 toward NYC 



360 deg swivel 

 Barbette carriages 



Engle 



1898-1918 



1 



5" 



50-60 lb 



7-9 



North end of 

 Sandy+took 

 toward NYC 

 could train 

 to the east 



Constructed 1898 

 disarmed 1918 

 fires north to east 



Peck 



Constructed 

 1903 



2 



6" 



1081b 

 18" long 



15 



360 deg 



Barbette carriage 

 360 deg swivel 



9-gun 

 battery 



1898-1902 



3 

 6 



10" 

 12° 



700-1,080 lb 



8-9 



Northeast to 

 southeast 



" Pop up" guns 

 disappearing 

 carriages 140-145 

 deg swivel 



Potter 



Completed 

 1894, first 

 fired 1892 



2 



12" 



700-1 ,000 lb 

 700-1,080 lb 



7-8 



360 deg 



2.5 to 4 or 5 ft long 

 "torpedo" shell 

 elevator platform 

 guns 



Granger 



Built in 1896 

 Armed in 

 1897-98 

 Fired 1898 

 to 1943 



2 



10" 



900-1,000 



8-9 



Northeast to 

 southeast 



Counterweight 



disappearing 



carriage 



Sandy 

 Hook 

 Mortar 

 Battery 



1894 



16 



12" 



700 lb 



Maximum 



range was 



up to 



9 miles, but 



accurate 



up to 6 



miles 



360 deg 



Mortar pits 360 deg 

 swivel. Four 

 concrete firing pits, 

 four mortars/pit 



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Chapter 2 Background on Fort Hancock 



