51st Coast Artillery Regiment (United States)
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The 51st Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery Regiment in the United States Army
from the following Companies-
arrived in France 11 September 1917 and Redesignated 51st 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)
51st coast artillery arrived New York city 3 February 1919 and moved to Camp Mills
then reassigned to Fort Hamilton
, then reassigned on 15 October 1919 to Camp Jackson, SC.
On 22 October 1921 51st Artillery reassigned to Camp Eustis, VA.
51st Coast Artillery reassigned to Fort Monroe
on 8 May 1931.
51st Coast Artillery Regement Redesignated 51st Coast artillery (155mm Gun)(Semi-Mobile) Regiment on 8 March 1942, and 2nd Battalion authorized.
HHB 1st Battalion, Battery B and Battery G reassigned to Port of Spain
, Trinadad on 8 December 1943 followed by 2nd Battalion HHB, and Batteries A, C, and D.
On 28 February 1946 51st and 52nd Coast artillery Battalions deactivated and disbanded.
Lineage
Constituted in July 1917 under the designation of the 6th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps at Fort AdamsFort Adams
Fort Adams in Newport, Rhode Island, was established on July 4, 1799 as a First System coastal fortification. Its first commander was Captain John Henry who was later instrumental in starting the War of 1812.-History:...
from the following Companies-
- Headquarters Company 2nd Co. at Fort MottFort Mott (New Jersey)Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the postbellum modernization period following the American Civil War. The other two forts in the system were Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware...
, NJ formed in June of 1917 - Supply Company 2nd Co. at Fort Mott, NJ formed in June of 1917
- Battery A 1st Co. at Fort McKinley, ME originally organized in 1808
- Battery B 2nd Co. at Fort GrebleFort GrebleFort Greble was an American Civil War-era Union fortification constructed as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during that war. Named after 1st Lt. John T. Greble, the first West Point graduate killed in the U.S...
, RI originally organized in 1901 - Battery C 3rd Co. at Fort StrongFort StrongFort Strong is located on Long Island in Boston Harbor.It was originally named Long Island Military Reservation until 1899.Camp Wightman, a Civil War training camp, was located on the island in 1861....
, MA originally organized in 1847 - Battery D 5th Co. at Fort McKinley, ME organized in April of 1917
- Battery E 1st Co. at Fort PrebleFort PrebleFort Preble is a military fort in South Portland, Maine, United States. It is now on the campus of Southern Maine Community College.Henry A. S. Dearborn built this second-system fortification as an "embargo fort" in 1808 and named it in honor of Commodore Edward Preble...
, ME originally organized in 1901 - Battery F 4th Co. at Fort WilliamsFort WilliamsFort Williams was a supply depot built in early 1814 in preparation for the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. It was located in Alabama on the southeast shore of where Cedar Creek met the Coosa River, near Talladega Springs. The original site was submerged under Lay Lake with the 1914 construction of the...
, ME originally organized in 1901 - Battery G 3rd Co. at Fort Williams, ME originally organized in 1861
- Battery H 2nd Co. at Fort Williams, ME originally organized in 1812
- Battery I 2nd Co. at Fort Andrews, MA originally organized in 1907
- Battery K 1st Co. Fort BanksFort Banks (Massachusetts)Fort Banks was a U.S. Coast Artillery fort located in Winthrop, Massachusetts. It served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1890s during what is known as the Endicott period, a time in which the coast defenses of the United States were seriously expanded and...
, MA originally organized in 1813 - Battery L 3rd Co. at Fort AndrewsFort AndrewsFort Andrew was a six-gun Patriot fort also known as Gurnet Fort. Once located at Gurnet Point, it was rebuilt in 1808, and again in 1863 and was renamed. It became a federal fort in 1869. The reservation was sold in 1926 and became private property. A World War II fire-control tower was built on...
, MA originally organized in 1907 - Battery M 4th Co. at Fort Andrews, MA originally organized in 1916
arrived in France 11 September 1917 and Redesignated 51st 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 51st Artillery
- Battery B as Battery B 51st Artillery
- Battery C redesignated as Battery C 43rd artillery
- Battery D redesignated as Battery D 43rd artillery
- Battery E redesignated as Battery E 43rd artillery
- Battery F redesignated as Battery C 57th Artillery
- Battery G redesignated as Battery D 57th Artillery
- Battery H redesignated as Battery F 43rd Artillery
- Battery I redesignated as Battery C 44th Artillery
- Battery K redesignated as Battery D 44th Artillery
- Battery L redesignated as Battery C 51st Artillery
- Battery M redesignated as Battery D 51st Artillery
- Batteries E and G 53rd Artillery transfered to 51st as Batteries E and F.
51st coast artillery arrived New York city 3 February 1919 and moved to Camp Mills
Camp Mills
Camp Mills was a military installation on Long Island, New York. It was located about ten miles from the eastern boundary of New York City on the Hempstead Plains near Garden City....
then reassigned to Fort Hamilton
Fort Hamilton
Historic Fort Hamilton is located in the southwestern corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn surrounded by the communities of Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst, and is one of several posts that are part of the region which is headquartered by the Military District of Washington...
, then reassigned on 15 October 1919 to Camp Jackson, SC.
- on 31 July 1921 2nd and 3rd Battalions HHB inactivated at Camp Jackson.
- Battery C 56th Artillery redesignated as 2nd Battalion HHD&CT 51st Artillery on 1 August 1921.
On 22 October 1921 51st Artillery reassigned to Camp Eustis, VA.
- On 1 July 1924 51st Artillery, CAC, redesignated as 51st Coast Artillery (TD) Regiment.
51st Coast Artillery reassigned to Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe
Fort Monroe was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula...
on 8 May 1931.
- 1st Battalion reassigned to Camp BuchananFort Buchanan, Puerto RicoUnited States Army Garrison Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico is the U.S. Army’s only active military installation in Puerto Rico. Located in the Metropolitan area of San Juan, it serves under the direct control of the Installation Management Command, Southeast Region...
, San Juan, PR. on 20 October 1939.
51st Coast Artillery Regement Redesignated 51st Coast artillery (155mm Gun)(Semi-Mobile) Regiment on 8 March 1942, and 2nd Battalion authorized.
- 2nd Battalion HHB, Battery C, and 3rd platoon Battery G (SL) activated at Borinquen Army Airfield on 16 March 1942
- Battery D 2nd Battalion activated at Borinquen Airfield 1 may 1942.
HHB 1st Battalion, Battery B and Battery G reassigned to Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
, Trinadad on 8 December 1943 followed by 2nd Battalion HHB, and Batteries A, C, and D.
- On 1 June 1944 the regiment is broken up into Battalions as Follows-
- 1st Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 51st Coast Artillery (155mm Gun)(Semi Mobile) Battalion.
- 2nd Battalion reorganized and redesignated as 52nd Coast Artillery (155mm Gun)(Semi Mobile) Battalion.
- HHB 51st CA redesignated as the 145th Coast Artillery Group.
- Battery G inactivated and disbanded. 12 June 1944.
On 28 February 1946 51st and 52nd Coast artillery Battalions deactivated and disbanded.
See also
- United States Army branch insigniaUnited States Army branch insigniaBranch insignia of the United States Army refers to military emblems that may be worn on the uniform of the United States Army to denote membership in a particular area of expertise and series of functional areas...
- commons:Field Army insignia of the United States Army
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- Brigade insignia of the United States ArmyBrigade insignia of the United States ArmyShoulder sleeve insignia are cloth emblems worn on the shoulders of US Army uniforms to identify the primary headquarters to which a Soldier is assigned. Like Division sized units, separate brigades of the United States Army are allowed their own SSI to distinguish their wearers from those of...
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- Coats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of U.S. Artillery RegimentsCoats of arms of US Artillery Regiments are heraldic emblems associated with field artillery, air defense artillery, and coast artillery regiments in the US Army...
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External links
- http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html
- http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/51st_arty.htm