240th Quartermaster Battalion
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| 240th Quartermaster Battalion | |
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| Active | |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | U.S. Army |
| Role | Petroleum Operating |
| Part of | FORSCOM |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Lee, VA |
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The 240th Quartermaster Battalion is the parent unit of two of only three units within the U.S. Army which can design, construct, and operate up to ninety miles of high pressure petroleum pipeline in conjunction with a tactical petroleum terminal to receive, issue and store bulk petroleum products in a wartime environment.
[edit] Subordinate Units
- 58TH Quartermaster Company (Petroleum Service)
- 109TH Quartermaster Company (Petroleum Operating)
- 267TH Quartermaster Company (Petroleum Operating)
[edit] History
The 240th Quartermaster Battalion was originally constituted on 13 January 1941 in the Regular Army as the 240th Quartermaster Battalion. It activated on 1 June 1941 at Camp Livingston, LA. The unit reorganized and was redesignated on 16 June 1942 as the 240th Quartermaster Service Battalion.
The Battalion was broken up on 15 February 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion (Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3250th, 3251st, 3252d, and 3253d Quartermaster Service Companies - hereafter separate lineages). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 240th Quartermaster Battalion, inactivated on 22 November 1945 in France.
The unit activated on 1 June 1966 at Fort Lee, VA. It reorganized and was redesignated on 15 April 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 240th Quartermaster Battalion.
