11th Coast Artillery (United States)

11th Coast Artillery

Coat of arms
Active 1924
Country  United States
Branch Army
Type Coast artillery
Size Regiment
Motto "Audax et Vigilans" (Daring and Vigilant)
Mascot Oozlefinch

The 11th Coast Artillery is a coast artillery regiment in the United States Army.

Lineage

Constituted 27 February 1924 as the 11th Artillery (CAC) and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort H.G. Wright from the following companies-

on 1 September 1935 batteries G, H, I, K, deactivated and personnel transferred to HHB 1st Battalion, and A, B, C batteries.

Regiment transferred to Fort Leonard Wood 14 March 1944, inactivated 7 April 1944 and broken up as follows-

Regiment disbanded 14 June 1944.

Distinctive unit insignia

A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 1⁄8 inches (2.9 cm) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned: Gules a bend cottised Or between in sinister chief a triangle voided point up Argent and in dexter base a fleur-de-lis of the second. Attached above the shield on a wreath Or and Gules an osprey’s head of the third. Attached below and to the sides of the shield a Gold scroll inscribed “AUDAX ET VIGILANS” in Black letters.

The shield is that of the old 56th Artillery, C.A.C., of which three batteries of the 11th Coast Artillery were a part, Headquarters A and C Batteries. The silver triangle was the insignia for the 56th Artillery in France. The fleur-delis was taken from the coat of arms of the old Province of Ile de France where the Regiment first went into action. The crest is taken from the old Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. The motto translates to “Daring and Vigilant” and is applicable to a Coast Artillery Regiment and is quite symbolic of the fish hawk, which is a very daring and vigilant bird.

The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 11th Coast Artillery Regiment on 11 November 1924. It was redesignated for the 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 8 August 1951. The insignia was redesignated for the 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion on 31 August 1956.

Coat of arms

Blazon

Gules a bend cottised Or between in sinister chief a triangle voided point up Argent and in dexter base a fleur-de-lis of the second.

On a wreath of the colors Or and Gules, an osprey’s head erased Proper. Motto: AUDAX ET VIGILANS (Daring and Vigilant).

Symbolism

The shield is that of the old 56th Artillery, C.A.C., of which three batteries of the 11th Coast Artillery were a part, Headquarters A and C Batteries. The silver triangle was the insignia for the 56th Artillery in France. The fleur-delis was taken from the coat of arms of the old Province of Ile de France where the Regiment first went into action.

The crest is taken from the old Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound. The motto is applicable to a Coast Artillery Regiment and is quite symbolic of the fish hawk, which is a very daring and vigilant bird.

Background

The coat of arms was originally approved for the 11th Coast Artillery Regiment on 1 November 1924. It was redesignated for the 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 8 August 1951. The insignia was redesignated for the 11th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion on 31 August 1956.

See also

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Army Institute of Heraldry document "11th Coast Artillery Artillery".

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