53rd Coast Artillery (United States)
The 53rd Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army
History
Lineage
Constituted in July 1917 under the designation of the 3rd Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Adams from the following companies:
- Headquarters and Supply Companies were the 5th Company, Fort Monroe, VA and Fort Story, VA. (Originally the 118th Co.)
- Battery A was the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Company Fort Howard, Md. and 1st Company from Fort Smallwood.
- Battery B was the 10th Company at Fort Monroe, VA.
- Battery C was the 12th Company at Fort Monroe, VA.
- Battery D was the 11th Company at Fort Monroe, VA.
- Battery E was the 3rd Company at Fort Wadsworth, NY. (Originally the 114th Co.)
- Battery F was the 3rd Company Fort Hamilton, NY. (Originally the 84th Co.)
- Battery G was the 3rd Company from Fort Tilden
- Battery H was the 3rd Company Fort Moultrie, SC. (Originally the 78th Co.)
- Battery I was the 1st and 2nd Companies from Fort Hunt
- Battery K was the 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Companies from Fort Washington
- Battery L was the 2nd Company Fort Caswell, NC. (Originally the 31st Co.)
- Battery M was the 2nd Company at Fort Screven, GA.
Arrived in France 25 September 1917 and Redesignated 53rd Artillery Coast Artillery Corps on 5 February 1918. (In August 1918 the Railway Artillery Reserve was reconstructed and Coast Artillery Regiments reorganized to conform to standardized Field Artillery configurations)
- HHB as HHB
- Battery A as Battery A 53rd Artillery CAC
- Battery B as Battery B 53rd Artllery CAC
- Battery C as Battery C 53rd Artillery CAC
- Battery D as Battery D 53rd Artillery CAC
- Battery E transferred to Provisional Howitzer Regiment, then to 51st Artillery CAC as Battery E
- Battery F transferred to 42nd Artillery CAC as Battery F
- Battery G transferred to Provisional Howitzer Regiment, then to 51st Artillery CAC as Battery F
- Battery H transferred to 42nd Artillery CAC as Battery E
- Battery I transferred to 52nd Artillery CAC as Battery E
- Battery K transferred to 52nd Artillery CAC as Battery F
- Battery L as E Battery 53rd Artillery CAC
- Battery M as F Battery 53rd Artillery CAC
Arrived from France at Newport News, Virginia 11 March 1919 proceeded to Camp Stuart, Virginia then reassigned to Camp Eustis 17 and 18 March 1919.
- Inactivated 1 August 1921 at Camp Eustis
- Redesignated as 53rd Coast Artillery (RY) Regiment on 1 July 1924 (inactive)
- Demoblized in 1930
- Constituted as 53rd Coast Artillery (155mm Gun) on 9 July 1941
Activated on 20 July 1942 with personnel from Batteries HHB and E of 13th Coast Artillery at Camp Pendleton
- Battery A from A Battery 57th Coast artillery, at Newfoundland
- Battery B from B Battery 57th Coast artillery, at Bermuda
- Battery C from ??, at Goat Island, Jamaica
- A, B and C Batteries transferred back to Camp Pendelton less personnel and equipment and reactivated
- Battery D at Camp Pendleton
- Battery E at Camp Pendleton
- Battery F at Camp Pendleton
- Battery G (SL) from Battery G 57th Coast Artillery at Fort DuPont
- Battery H activated but 20 February 1942 inactivated and transferred to 27th Coast Artillery Battalion
On 16 October 1942 assigned to Eastern Defense Command.
- On 3 August 1943 53rd Artillery CAC reconstituted and consolidated with 53rd Coast Artillery (155mm Gun).
- Regiment deactivated and broken up on 27 May 1944 at Camp Pendleton as follows-
- HHB as 153rd Coast Artillery Group
- 1st Battalion redesignated 290th Coast Artillery Battalion
- 2nd Battalion redesignated 291st Coast Artillery Battalion
- 3rd Battalion redesignated 292nd Coast Artillery Battalion
- Battery G inactivated and disbanded 5 June 1944
Campaign streamers
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See also
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] linage
- [4] page 123
- Artillery Journal [5]
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