14th Coast Artillery (United States)

14th Coast Artillery Regiment
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Active	1924 - 1944
Country	United States
Branch	Coast Artillery Corps
Role	Harbor defense
Size	Regiment
Motto	Semper Vigilans
Mascot	Oozlefinch
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Percy M. Kessler

The 14th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army,

Contents 1 History 2 Lineage 3 Campaign streamers 4 Decorations 5 See also 6 References 7 External links

History

Lineage

Constituted 27 February 1924 as 14th Artillery (HD) Coast Artillery, and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort Worden from the following Companies- 106th, 108th, 94th, 92nd, 85th, 149th, 93rd, 150th, 126th, and 160th.

• HHB, and Batteries A, D and G activated.
• Battary D inactivated 20 September 1930.
• Battery D reactivated 1 January 1931

1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalion HHBs constituted as inactive on 12 September 1935 (K Battery Disbanded)

• 1st Battalion HHB activated 1 July 1939
• 2nd Battalion HHB and Batteries B, C, and E activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Worden
• Batteries A, B, and C, reassigned to Fort Casey on 11 January 1941
• Battery C assigned to Fort Whitman 20 December 1941
• Battery E inactivated 27 September 1942
• Battery I transferred to Camp Barkeley, Texas. and Inactivated 8 May 1944.

Regement broken up 18 October 1944 as follows-

• Battery K (Searchlight) Redesignated Battery A, HD of PS, 17 October 1944.
• Hq & Hq Battery Redesignated Hq & Hq Detachment, 14th 1st Battalion Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Hq & Hq Battery Redesignated Hq & Hq Detachment, 169th 2nd Battalion Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Hq & Hq Battery Redesignated Hq & Hq Detachment, 170th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery A Redesignated Battery B, 170th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 19 October 1944.
• Battery B Redesignated Battery A, 14th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery C Redesignated Battery B, 14th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery D Redesignated Battery B, 169th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery F Redesignated Battery A, 169th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery G Redesignated Battery C, 170th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.
• Battery H Redesignated Battery A, 170th Coast Artillery Battalion (HD), 17 October 1944.

Campaign streamers

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Decorations

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See also

• Coats of arms of U.S. Air Defense Artillery Regiments
• Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery Regiments

References

• Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman [1]
• Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[2]
• [3] lineage
• [4] page 123
• http://www.cdsg.org/HDPSdata/14thCAR.htm
• Coast Artillery Journal May 1927 page 455 [5]

External links

• http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html