8th Coast Artillery (United States)

8th Coast Artillery Regiment
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Active	1924 - 1944
Country	United States
Branch	Coast Artillery Corps
Role	Harbor defense
Size	Regiment
Motto	Terrae Portam Defendamus?
Mascot	Oozlefinch
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel

The 8th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army,

Contents 1 History 2 Lineage 3 Coat of arms 4 Campaign streamers 5 Decorations 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

History

Lineage

Constituted 2 February 1924 as the 8th Coast Artillery (HD) Regiment, and organized at Fort Preble by redesignating 123rd, 154th, 155th, 171st, 196th, 156th, 246th, and 251st companies of Coast Artillery Corps. only Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, and Battery E. activated. HHB for Harbor defense Portland, Maine, Battery E for Harbor defense Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

• Battery A activated at Fort Preble 1 July 1939.
• Battery E inactivated at Fort Constitution 1 September 1939
• Battery B activated at Fort Preble 29 July 1940
• 1st Battalion Headquarters and Battery C activated 10 February 1941 at Fort Preble
• 2nd Battalion Headquarters and Battery D, E, and F activated at Fort McKinley, Maine.
• Battery G activated at Fort Preble 1 June 1941.

On 11 September 1943 a third Battalion is authorized.

• Battery G is redesignated Battery K. (SL).
• 4th Battalion 241st Coast Artillery transferred from Boston to Portland and redesignated, as 3rd Battalion,
• Batteries K and M 241st Coast artillery redesignated Batteries G, and H 8th CA.
• Battery D 243rd Coast Artillery transferred from Long Island to Portlland, and redesignated Battery I 8th CA.
• Battery E 10th Coast Artillery transferred to Portland and redesignated Battery L 8th CA.

The 8th Coast Artillery ordered to Camp Shelby 25 February 1944 (less Battery B) released to Army Ground Forces, and assigned to IX Corps (United States), Second United States Army.

• Battery B. ordered to Fort Jackson

8th Coast Artillery Regiment Disbanded 31 May 1944.

Coat of arms

adopted from the Portland Harbor defense district. see [1] page 123

Campaign streamers

none

Decorations

none

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 [2]
• Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[3]
• [4] lineage
• [5] page 123

External links

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