 As both batteries had 16-inch guns, all the older heavy guns defending New York were subsequently removed and scrapped in 1942-44, except two pairs of long-range 12-inch guns at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook in New Jersey.Additional 16-inch batteries were proposed for Fort Wadsworth and a location that is now part of JFK Airport, but these were never built.Several smaller batteries were built in and near Fort Tilden during the war.