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|unit_name= 24th Coast Artillery Regiment
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|dates=1942 - 1945
|specialization=Harbor defense
|command_structure=Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's
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|garrison=Fort Pepperrell
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}}The 24th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army. It was the garrison of the Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's, Newfoundland from February 1942 through October 1944, as a battalion after March 1943.[1][2] LineageConstituted 13 January 1942 and activated 17 January 1942 at Fort H.G. Wright, New York as 24th Coast Artillery (HD) Regiment (Composite). HHB and Batteries A and B organized at Fort H.G. Wright. Batteries C, D, and E organized 16 February 42 at Fort Pepperrell in Newfoundland Base Command (NBC) with personnel reassigned[3] from Battery A, 53rd Coast Artillery (Tractor Drawn) (TD) Regiment; Battery D, 52nd Coast Artillery (Railway) Regiment; and 2nd Platoon, Battery G, 53rd CA (TD) Regt, that were inactivated in Newfoundland and transferred back to their parent regiments in CONUS, less personnel and equipment.[1] - HHB and Batteries A and B were transferred 3 March 1942 to the New York Port of Embarkation for transshipment to Newfoundland, arriving at Fort McAndrew, Newfoundland 25 March 1942.[1]
- Battery F activated 27 June 1942.[1]
- Reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Separate) 23 March 1943; reorganized as 24th CA (HD) Battalion (Composite) 10 April 1943.[1][2]
- HHB and Battery C transferred to Camp Shanks, New York for inactivation and reassignment of personnel, arriving 2 January 1944. Detachment of 24th CA Battalion transferred to Camp Shelby, Mississippi 4 January 1944, inactivated and personnel reassigned to Army Ground Forces upon arrival 15 January 1944.[1][2]
- The remainder (HHD, Batteries A, B, D, and F) operated in NBC with detachments at Harmon Field and Fort McAndrew until reorganized October 1944. Battery B inactivated Fort Jackson, SC. HHD, Batteries A, D, and F transferred to Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts, where the battalion was inactivated and disbanded 8 September 1945.[1]
See also- Seacoast defense in the United States
- United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
- Harbor Defense Command
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 Gaines, p. 16
2. ^1 2 Stanton, p. 484
3. ^Technically, units "transferred less personnel and equipment" back to their parent unit
- {{cite book | last1 = Berhow | first1 = Mark A., Ed. | last2 = | first2 = | title = American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide, Third Edition | location = McLean, Virginia | publisher = CDSG Press | year = 2015 | isbn = 978-0-9748167-3-9}}
- Gaines, William C., Coast Artillery Organizational History, 1917-1950, Coast Defense Journal, vol. 23, issue 2
- {{cite book | last = Stanton | first = Shelby L. | authorlink = | title = World War II Order of Battle | publisher = Galahad Books | year = 1991 | location = | isbn = 0-88365-775-9 }}
Further reading- {{cite book | last1 = Heitman | first1 = Francis B. | last2 = | first2 = | title = Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 1789-1903, Vol. 1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iIUiAAAAMAAJ&dq=5th%20coast%20artillery&source=gbs_similarbooks | location = Washington, DC | publisher = Government Printing Office | pages = | year = 1903 }}
- {{cite book | last1 = Emerson | first1 = William K. | last2 = | first2 = | title = Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms | url = https://books.google.com/books/about/Encyclopedia_of_United_States_Army_Insig.html?id=trbBXKeHO3sC | location = | publisher = University of Oklahoma Press | page = 51 | year = 1996 | ISBN = 978-0806126-22-7 }}
External links- {{cite web |url=http://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/FORTS/CACunits/CACinsignia.pdf |title=
Insignia of the Coast Artillery Corps |author= Greg Hagg |author2=Bolling Smith |author3=Mark Berhow |work= |publisher=The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. |accessdate=18 May 2018}} - Official US Army lineage website for current units
- Harbor Defenses in Newfoundland at the Coast Defense Study Group website
- FortWiki, lists most CONUS and Canadian forts
- American Forts Network, lists forts in the US, former US territories, Canada, and Central America
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