Fort Hancock
Soldiers of the 245th Coast Artillery pose with the 12-inch gun at Battery Kingman, c. 1943. NPS/Gateway NRA Fort Hancock, named in 1895 for General Winfield Scott Hancock, protected New York Harbor until 1974. It was a U.S. Army Coast Artillery Post. For more details on Fort Hancock, click here. Fort Hancock is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. View the Fort Hancock and Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District National Landmark Nomination. 
An early view of the Fort Hancock Parade Ground, c. 1900. Note Officers' Row originally had shutters.
NPS/Gateway NRA Museum Collection
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Sandy Hook Proving Ground
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Sandy Hook oral history interviews
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