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===Between the wars=== The end of World War I also meant more changes for Fort Hamilton. Around 1920 Battery Livingston's pair of 6-inch [[disappearing gun]]s were transferred to [[West Point]] to be used for training cadets. These two guns are preserved today at [[Fort Pickens]] near Pensacola, Florida and [[Battery Chamberlin]] at the [[Presidio of San Francisco]], the last 6-inch disappearing guns outside of the Philippines. Battery Griffin's pair of 3-inch M1898 guns was removed in 1920, part of a withdrawal from service of some gun types. In 1921 two long-range batteries of 12-inch guns were completed at [[Fort Hancock, New Jersey]], and by 1924 the installation of 16-inch guns at [[Fort Tilden]] relegated Fort Hamilton to the second line of New York's coast defenses. In 1937 Battery Neary's pair of 12-inch guns was removed.<ref name=FWiki1/><ref name=Berhow209/>
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