Reference Guide 467 Coast Artillery Corps Regiments

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1 Reference Guide 467 Coast Artillery Corps Regiments Abbreviations: RA = regular army, RAI = regular army, inactive, NG = national guard, OR = organized reserve, PS = Philippine Scouts, HD = harbor defense artillery, RY = railway artillery, AA = antiaircraft artillery, TD = tractor drawn artillery, inact = inactivated, redes = redesignated, react = reactivated, assign = assigned, trans = transferred, conv = converted, org = organized, disb = disbanded, CAR = coast artillery regiment, reg = regiment, Bn = battalion. See Heraldry section for photos of insignia. Reg Year Initial Station Army Type Notes; inactivated/disbanded # Org Cadre Ft DeLessups, PCZ RA HD Orig. 1st Artillery 1821, inact Nov Ft Sherman, PCZ RA HD Orig. 2nd Artillery 1821, trans Ft Monroe 1932, inact Oct Ft MacArthur, CA RA HD Orig. 3rd Artillery 1812, inact Oct Ft Amador, PCZ RA HD Orig. 4th Artillery 1821, inact Nov Ft. Hamilton, NY RA HD Orig. 5th Artillery 1861, inact Apr 1944 Cp Rucker, AL Ft W. Scott, CA RA HD Orig. 6th Artillery 1898, inact Oct Ft Hancock, NJ RA HD Orig. 7th Artillery 1898, inact Apr 1944 Ft L. Wood, MO Ft Preble, ME RA HD inact Apr 1944 Cp Shelby, MS Ft Banks, MA RA HD inact Apr 1944 Cp Hood, TX Ft Adams, RI RA HD inact Apr 1944 Cp Forrest, TN Ft H.G. Wright RA HD inact Apr 1944 Ft L. Wood, MO Ft Monroe, VA RA HD inactivated & trans to PCZ 1932, not reactivated as CA Ft Barrancas, FL RA HD inact Aug Ft Worden, WA RA HD inact Oct Ft Kamehameha RA HD inact Aug Ft DeRussey, HI RA HD inact Aug (1926) Hawaiian Dept RAI Constituted as an inactive unit, never activated, disb Ft Stevens, OR RA HD inact May 1944 Cp Breckenridge, KY Ft Rosecrans, CA RA HD 625th CAR redes 19th CAR 1940, inact Oct Ft Crockett, TX RA HD two Bn, disb Aug Ft DuPont, DE RA HD disb Oct Ft Constitution RA HD 614th CAR redes 22nd CAR disb Oct Ft Rodman, MA RA HD 616th CAR redes 23rd CAR 1940, One Bn, inact Apr 1944 Ft Hood TX Ft. HG Wright, NY RA HD 1 Bn, to Newfoundland, inact Sep 1944 Cp Standish, MA Ft. Lewis WA RA redes Jul 1944 Cp Robinson AK Cp Pendleton, VA RA HD redes Apr 1943 Key West, FL Ft. Brooke, PR RA HD redes Nov Puerto Rico RA HD redes Nov 1944 Panama Dutch West Indies RA HD disb May 1944 Dutch West Indies Alaska RA inact Dec Ft Kamahemeha RA RY Inact 1931, react 1942, redes HD 1943, inact May RAI RY Inact assign Org Reserve 1921, not activ, disb Jun RAI RY Inact assign Org Reserve 1921, not react, disb Jun RAI TD Inact assign Org Reserve 1921, redes 54th CAR Cp Pendleton, VA RA TD disb Apr 1944 Cp Shelby, MS Cp Pendleton, VA RA TD disb Feb 1944, Cp Pickett, VA San Francisco, CA SL inact Jan 1944 Ft Ray AK Los Angeles, CA SL inact May 1944 Cp Barkley, AL Cp Pendleton, VA RA TD disb Jan 1944, Ft Devens, MA Ft. Eustis, VA RA TD Inact 1931, react 1938? Puerto Rico 1940, inact Jun Ft. Eustis, VA RA RY moved to Ft Hancock 1930s, inact May RAI RY trans OR before 1924, react 1942, inact Jun 1944 Cp Pendleton Cp Wallace, TX RA TD 44th CAR redes to 54th CAR 1941, inact Apr 1944 Ft Ord CA Ft Kamahemeha RA TD inact Jun Ft. Cronkhite, CA RAI TD demob 1921, 506th redes 56th 1941, inact Feb Ft Monroe? RAI TD demob 1921, reconst RAI 1926, react 1941, inact May 44, HI Chile RA TD disb Jun Ft Mills, PI RA TD conv to HD 1930, surrendered 1942, inact Apr 1946

2 468 American Seacoast Defenses Ft McKinley, PI RA AA surrendered 1942, inact Apr Ft Monroe, VA RA AA trans to Ft Sheridan, IL 1920s, inact Aug 1943 Great Britain Ft Totten, NY RA AA inact Mar 1943 Italy Ft W. Scott, CA RA AA trans to Ft MacArthur 1930, inact Dec 1943 Seattle, WA Ft Shafter, HI RA AA inact Dec Ft Amador, PCZ RA AA Inact 1932, react 1938?, inact Apr 1943 Ft Ord, CA RAI AA Inact1926, react 1942 Ft Bragg NC, inact Nov 1943 Puerto Rico RAI AA Inact1926, react 1941 Ft. Bragg, NC, inact Jun 1944 Italy RAI AA Inactive 1926, react 1939 Ft. Williams, ME, inact Jun 1944 Italy Ft Crockett, TX RA AA Inactive 1926, Activated 1930 Aberdeen, MD, inact Sep 1943 San Diego, CA Ft Monroe VA RA AA 917th CAR redes 1940, inact Nov 1943 South Pacific Ft Story, VA RA AA 504th CAR redes 71st, inact Sep 1943 Washington DC Ft Randolph, PCZ RA AA inact Sep Ft Amador, PCZ RA AA inact Dec Ft Monroe, VA RA AA 503rd CAR redes 74th, inact Apr 1944 Italy Ft Lewis, WA RA AA 509th CAR redes 75th, inact Feb 1945 Ft Bliss, TX Ft Bragg NC RA AA 502nd CAR redes 76th, inact Nov 1943 South Pacific Ft. Bragg NC RA AA 505th CAR redes 77th, inact Nov1943 South Pacific Cp Haan, CA RA AA 517th CAR redes 78th, inact Feb 1944 Attu, AK Ft Bliss, TX RA AA inact Sep 1943 Great Britain Ft Randolph, PCZ RA AA inact Sep Ft Amador, PCZ RA AA inact Sep Ft Read, Trinidad RA AA disb Feb 1944 Cp Stewart, GA Cp Davis, NC RA AA One Bn, inact Sep 1943 Norfolk, VA Cp Haan, CA RA AA inact Jan Panama RA AA inact Dec 1943 Ft Bliss, TX Panama RA AA inact Sep Washington DC RA AA inact Sep Cp Stewart, GA RA AA inact May 1944 North Africa Manila Bay, PI PS HD redes TD 1930, surrendered Manila Bay, PI PS HD surrendered Cp Davis, NC RA AA inact Dec 1943 Hawaii Cp Davis, NC RA AA inact May 1943 South Pacific Cp Davis, NC RA AA inact Dec 1943 Hawaii Cp Davis, NC RA AA inact Dec 1943 Hawaii Ft Kamehameha RA AA inact Dec Schofield Barracks RA AA inact Dec Cp Davis, NC RA AA inact Dec 1943 Cp Stewart, GA Cp Davis, NC RA AA disb Apr 1943 Cp Stewart, GA Ft Amador, PCZ RA AA inact Sep Concord, NH NG AA Fed 1940, inact Apr 1943 New Guinea Wilmington, DE NG AA Orig. 1 Del. Vol. Inf. 1861, Fed 1940, inact Mar 1943 S. Pac Raeford, NC. NG AA Trans to Deming, NMNG 1930s, Fed 1940,Tr. PI 1941 surrendered 1942, inact Apr Puerto Rico NG AA Fed 1940, redesig Apr Chicago, IL NG AA Orig. IL 6 Inf 1920, Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943 Bremerton, WA Aurora, MO NG AA Orig. MO 2 Inf 1890, Webb City, MO Fed 1940, inact Jan1944 Alaska Sheveport, LA NG AA Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943 San Diego, CA Olympia, WA NG AA Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943 Santa Monica, CA Marianna, AR NG AA Orig. 141 MG Bn 1917, Fed 1940, disb Mar 1944 Ft Bliss, TX ? New York, NY NG AA trans to Infantry 1940?, inact Apr 1943 Cp Edwards, MA West Hartford, CT NG AA inact May 1943 New Guinea Buffalo, NY NG AA inact Oct 1943 Italy Detroit, MI NG AA inact Feb 1944 Adak, AK Boston, MA NG AA Orig MA inf unit 45 MA Vol 1862, Fed 1940, inact sep 1943 San Francisco, CA New York, NY NG AA Orig. NY 11 Inf 1847, Fed 1940, inact 1943 Seattle, WA

3 Reference Guide Allentown, PA NG AA Orig. 4 Inf PA 1874, Fed 1940, inact Apr 1944 Italy ? Washington, GA NG AA 264th CAR conv to 214th, inact Nov 1943 South Pacific Mankato, MN NG AA conv from infantry, Fed 1940, disb Mar 1944 Ft Bliss, TX St. Paul, MN NG AA conv from infantry, Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943, San Francisco St. Cloud, MN NG AA Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943 Oakland, CA Portland, ME NG HD Orig 1 vol Militia 1854, Fed1940, inact Oct Boston, MA NG HD Orig MA 1 inf 1878, Fed 1940, inact Oct Bridgeport,CT NG HD Orig. militia 1739, Fed 1940, inact Sep Providence, RI NG HD Fed 1940, inact Oct New York, NY NG HD 9 NY St. Mil conv to TD, Fed 1940, inact May 1944 Cp Pendelton, VA Brooklyn, NY NG HD 64 Inf NY 1812, Fed1940, inact Oct Richmond, VA NG HD Fed 1940, inact Apr Aberdeen, WA NG HD CAC Res 1909, Bn , Fed 1940, inact May 1944 Cp Barkley, TX Salem, OR NG HD Fed 1940, inact Oct San Francisco, CA NG TD CAC Res 1909, Fed 1940, inact May 1944 Cp Gruber, OK San Diego, CA NG AA conv to TD, Fed 1940, inact Mar 1944 South Pacific Wilmington, NC NG TD conv to?, inact Apr 1944 Ft Jackson, SC Puerto Rico NG TD Fed 1940, inact Washington, DC NG HD redesig AA 1929, Fed 1940, inact Sep 1943 Seattle, WA Jersey City, NJ NG HD Dover, DE 1940, Fed 1940, redes Bn Jan Greenwood, SC NG HD Beauford Artillery 1776, Fed 1940, inact Oct ? GA NG HD conv to 214th CAR 1941, disbanded Jacksonville, FL NG HD Fed 1940, disb Jul 1944 Alaska New York, NY NG AA conv from 369 Inf, inact Jun 1942 Hawaii RA AA conv from Inf, disb May 1944 South Pacific Boston, MA OR AA reconst & act 1942 at Cp Haan, CA, inact Sep 1943 Benica CA New York, NY OR AA reconst & act May 1942 Ft Sheridan IL, inact Sep 1943 Patterson NJ Williamsport, PA OR AA reconst & act May 1942 Ft Lewis WA, inact Dec 1943 Ft Glenn AK Chattanooga, TN OR AA reconst & act Jul 1942, Cp Hulen TX, inact Jan Fort Monroe, VA OR AA reconst & act Jul 1942 Cp Edwards, MA, inact Mar 1944 Italy Rock Island, IL OR AA reconst & act Jun 1942, Cp Edwards, MA, inact Jan Ft Leavenworth, KS OR AA trans to Iowa mid 1930s, reconst & act Aug 1942 Cp Haan CA, inact Sep 1943, Long Beach CA El Paso, TX OR AA Pittsburgh, PA 1940, reconst & act Sep 1942 Cp Edwards MA, inact Jul 1943 Italy Seattle, WA OR AA reconst & act Dec 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Jan Chester, PA OR AA Philadelphia, PA 1940, reconst & actdec 1942 Ft Sheridan IL, inact Jan Ft Monroe, VA OR AA Cleveland, OH 1940 reconst & actnov 1942 Cp Haan CA, inact Jan OR AA unorganized 1940, reconst & act Jun 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Jan New York, NY OR AA Buffalo, NY 1940, reconst & act Sep 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Jan Schenectady, NY OR AA reconst & act Mar 1942 Cp Davis, NC, inact May OR AA reconst & actdec 1941 Luzon Is PI, surrendered Harrisburg, PA OR AA unorganized Presidio of SF OR AA conv to 78th CAR Presidio of SF OR AA unorganized Los Angeles, CA OR AA disb New York, NY OR AA East Orange, NJ 1940, disb New York, NY OR AA disbanded 1933 Buffalo, NY Erie, PA OR AA Pittsburgh, PA 1940, disb Atlanta, GA OR AA disb 1943 Decatur, GA ? Indianapolis, IN OR AA Charleston, WV Rock Island, IL OR AA Detroit, MI 1940, disb 1943 Rockford IL St. Joseph, MO OR AA St. Louis, MO 1940, disb ? Minneapolis, MN OR AA unorganized Seattle, WA OR AA Portland, OR 1940, disb 1943

4 470 American Seacoast Defenses New York, NY OR AA disb LaCrosse, WI OR AA Chicago, IL 1940, disb East St. Louis, IL OR AA Springfield, IL New York, NY OR AA disb Raliegh, NC OR AA Columbia, SC 1940, disb ? Indianapolis, IN OR AA unorganized 1925, disb Detroit, MI OR AA disb Minneapolis, MN OR AA disb ? Topeka, KS OR AA unorganized 1925, disb New York, NY OR AA Birmingham, AL OR AA unorganized 1940, disb ? Lexington, KY OR AA unorganized ? Portland. ME OR AA unorganized 1925, disb New London, CT OR AA Manchester, NH New Orleans, LA OR AA Hartford, CT 1940, disb ? Jackson, MS OR AA unorganized in OR AA unorganized 547 OR AA unorganized ? Atlanta, GA OR AA unorganized OR AA unorganized Boston, MA OR RY Bridgeport, CT 1940 reconst & act AA Feb 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Sep 1943 Philadephia New York, NY OR RY reconst & act AA Feb 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Sep 1943, New York Chester, PA OR RY Philadelphia, PA 1940 reconst & act AA Mar 1942 Culver City CA, inact Apr Presidio SF, CA OR RY Salt Lake City, UT 1940 reconst & act AA Mar 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Sep 1943 New York Seattle, WA OR RY disbanded prior to 1938 reconst & act AA Mar 1942 Cp Stewart GA, inact Jun 1943 Boston Boston, MA OR TD reconst & act AA Jun 1942 Cp Edwards MA, inact Jan New York, NY OR TD reconst & act AA Jun 1942 Cp Hulen TX, inact Jan Presidio SF, CA OR TD conv to 56th CAR 1941 reconst AA Jun 1942 Cp Hulen TX, inact Jan Ft Monroe, VA OR TD disb prior to 1938, reconst & act AA Dec 1942 Cp Edwards MA, inact Jan OR reconst & act AA Dec 1942 Cp Davis, NC, inact Jan OR reconst & act AA Dec 1942 Ft Bliss TX, inact Jan OR reconst & act AA Sep 1942 Cp Stewart GA, inact Jan Portland, ME OR HD unorganized 1940, reconst AA Apr 1942 Cp Davis NC inact Jan Portland, ME OR HD trans RAI before 1938, conv to 20th CAR 1940 reconst & act AA Apr 1942 Panama, inact Dec 1943 Cp Stewart, GA Boston, MA OR HD Wilmington, DE 1940 reconst & act AA Apr 1942 Panama, inact Sep Providence, RI OR HD trans RAI before 1938, conv to 23rd CAR New London, CT OR HD Elizabeth, NY 1940, disb New York, NY OR HD New York, NY OR HD Wilmington, NC OR HD trans RAI prior to 1938, disb ? Washington, DC OR HD inactive 1925, trans RAI before 1938, disb Atlanta, GA OR HD Jacksonville, FL ? Oklahoma City, OK OR HD listed as unorganized Los Angeles, CA OR HD conv to 19th CAR Los Angeles, CA OR HD trans RAI before 1938, disb Presidio SF, CA OR HD trans RAI before 1938, disb Seattle, WA OR HD Presidio SF, CA 1940, disb Seattle, WA OR HD Portland, OR 1940

5 Reference Guide Seattle, WA OR HD trans RAI before 1938, disb New York, NY OR AA disbanded prior to 1938? Ft Totten, NY RA AA organized in 1933?, inact Apr 1943 Newport RI Worchester, MA RAI AA Boston, MA OR AA Hartford, CT OR AA Portland, ME RAI AA disbanded New York, NY RAI AA disbanded before New York, NY RAI AA disbanded New York, NY RAI AA disbanded Washington, DC OR AA Richmond, VA OR AA RAI AA conv to the 70th CAR Jacksonville, FL OR AA Columbus, OH OR AA disbanded Cincinnati, OH RAI AA disbanded Cincinnati, OH RAI AA Detroit, MI OR AA disbanded Lansing, MI OR AA Chicago, IL RAI AA Duluth, MN OR AA disbanded St. Louis, MO OR AA Topeka, KS RAI AA San Antonio, TX OR AA disbanded Texas OR AA unorganized Dallas, TX RAI AA disbanded RAI AA unorganized Denver, CO RAI AA disbanded Los Angeles, CA OR AA disbanded Los Angeles, CA OR AA disbanded Los Angeles, CA OR AA disbanded 1943 sources: American Society of Military Insignia Collectors (ASMIC), comp., Coast Artillery, Antiaircraft Artillery, Air Defense Artillery Distinctive Insignia Catalog, Palmerton, PA, Active Coast Artillery Batteries of the Regular Service, Coast Artillery Journal Vol. 62 (1925) pp ; Coast Artillery National Guard Organizations, Coast Artillery Journal Vol. 62 (1925) p. 257; Coast Artillery Reserve Units, Coast Artillery Journal Vol. 63 (1925) pp Officer s Station List, August 1, 1940, Coast Artillery Journal, Vol. 83, (July-August 1940) pp Barnes, H.C., Lt. Col., A Regimental Organization for the Coast Artillery Corps, Coast Artillery Journal Vol. 60, No. 4 (1924) pp Harris, E.M. Lt. Col., Harbor Defense Regiments and Battalions, and Mobile Seacoast Artillery Regiments and Battalions, typescript, August 1949, National Archives, College Park, MD Sawicki, James P., Antiaircraft Artillery Battalions of the U.S. Army, 2 Vols., Wyvern Publications, Dumphries, VA, Stanton, Shelby L., World War II Order of Battle: An Encyclopedic Reference to U.S. Army Ground Forces from Battalion through Division, (Revised Edition), Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, War Department, Official Army Register, various dates, GPO, Wash. DC. War Department, Army List and Directory, various dates, GPO, Wash. DC.

Coast Artillery Regiments

Coast Artillery Regiments 1924-1941 Prepared by Mark Berhow with Greg Hagge, Bob Capistrano, & the American Society of Military Insignia Collectors (www.asmic.org) Abbreviations: RA = regular army, RAI