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Battery Potter- WWII-Era Observation Posts

These concrete and wooden ruins are the remnants of a US Army observation and fire control post constructed on top of the defunct Battery Potter to serve as a observation point for the approaches to New York Harbor. Augmented by twin radar towers, the men stationed here monitored all ships nearing New York Harbor and acted as fire control observers for any enemy ships and planes, particularly U-Boats, operating in the area which would then be fired upon by Fort Hancock's batteries.

According post records, 12 merchant ships were fired upon with warning shots during the Second World War for failing to identify themselves properly to the Fort, along with three US Navy Minesweepers.

Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook, located in Middletown Township in Monmouth County, along the Atlantic coast of eastern New Jersey in the United States. This coastal artillery base played an important part in the defense of New York Harbor and played a role in the history of New Jersey. Between 1874 and 1919, Fort Hancock was operated in conjunction with the Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.

In 1893, Fort Hancock installed Battery Potter, the nation's first disappearing gun battery. It also was important for the defense of the vital New York Harbor throughout World War II, preventing the entrance of German submarines into the harbor. In the late 1950s Project Nike antiaircraft missiles were based there. Fort Hancock was decommissioned in 1974.

The fort and its small museum are managed as part of the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, and is part of National Parks of New York Harbor unit of the National Park System.

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Taken on: October 5, 2012
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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/4.5, 1/60 sec, 21mm (=31mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: 18.0-105.0 mm f/3.5-5.6
Aperture: f/4.5
Exposure Time: 0.017 sec (1/60)
Focal Length: 21mm (35mm equivalent: 31mm)
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Photomatix Pro 4.2
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