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A United States Navy 16"/50 Mark 2 being transported to Fort Funston for use as a coastal defense gun in 1937. This gun was one of the guns originally intended for use aboard the Lexington class battlecruiser USS Saratoga. Two 16" weapons would eventually be emplaced at the Fort.



The Original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, demolished in 1929 to serve as the site for the Empire State building.