10th Coast Artillery (United States)

December 2012 10th Coast Artillery Regiment 10th AAA Bn coa.jpeg 100px Coat of arms Coast artillery Army 1924 - 1944 Harbor defense Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay Regiment Fort Adams "Vaillant et Veillant" Oozlefinch War of 1812Civil WarWorld War II The 10th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army. It primarily served as the Regular Army coast artillery component of the Harbor Defenses (HD) of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island from 1924 through 1944, when it was relieved and disbanded as part of an Army-wide reorganization.Stanton, p. 456 Lineage Constituted in the Regular Army on 27 February 1924 as 10th Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense), and organized on 1 July 1924 at Fort Adams by redesignating the following companies of the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC): 173rd, 52nd, 97th, 102nd, 110th, 129th, 147th, and 174th. (and 7th CA Band). Only Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) activated; provided caretaker detachments for HD Narragansett Bay and HD New Bedford.Gaines Regular Army, p. 9 The 243rd Coast Artillery was the Rhode Island National Guard component of HD Narragansett Bay.Gaines National Guard, 243rd Coast Artillery 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalion and HHB constituted inactive components on 31 January 1935. Batteries A and B were activated at Fort Wetherill on 1 July 1939 and 1 September 1940. HHB provided a caretaker detachment at Fort Rodman, HD New Bedford, Massachusetts until the activation of the 23rd Coast Artillery Battalion on 1 February 1940. Batteries C, D, E, and F were activated on 10 February 1941 at Fort Adams. Battery C was assigned to Fort Greene. Batteries D, E, and F were assigned to Fort Church, RI. 1st and 2nd Battalions and HHB activated on 25 April 1941. Battery G was activated on 6 January 1941 at Fort Adams, as a searchlight (SL) battery. Battery E transferred to HD Portland (less personnel and equipment) and redesignated Battery L, 8th Coast Artillery on 26 July 1943. The 10th CA manned defenses in the eastern part of HD Narragansett Bay and all mine defenses in the bay. Regimental assets were transferred to HD Narragansett Bay and HHB 10th Coast Artillery was reassigned to Camp Forrest, TN 14 March 1944; inactivated on 10 April 1944. Disbanded 31 May 1944. Unit lineage resumed as follows:http://www.eur.army.mil/10thAAMDC/history.htm 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command website 2017-09-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20170913135259/http://www.eur.army.mil/10thAAMDC/history.htm 2017-09-13 dead HHB reconstituted in the Regular Army on 28 June 1950 as HHB, 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Group. HHB redesignated as HHB, 10th Artillery Group 20 March 1958 (see 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command for further lineage).http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/ada/0010aamdcom.htm Lineage of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command at Dept of the Army 2017-09-15 2017-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20170701123123/http://www.history.army.mil///html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/ada/0010aamdcom.htm dead Distinctive unit insignia Description A Gold color and metal enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height overall blazoned: On a wreath Or and Gules, a triton torque drawing a bow and arrow aimed bendwise Or, above a sea wave Vert (Transparent Sea Green) in front of a Latin cross couped Azure. Symbolism The blue cross indicates the Civil War service of Battery E, 5th Artillery (now Battery E, 10th Coast Artillery).Coast Artillery Journal, January 1927, page 73Berhow, p. 444Battery E, 5th US Artillery at CivilWarArchive.com It served in the 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps during this conflict. The triton with bow and arrow symbolizes danger rising from the sea, against which the Coast Artillery in its forts must guard. Background The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 10th Coast Artillery Regiment on 27 February 1926. It was redesignated for the 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 13 June 1952. (note- according to Sawicki the Automatic Weapons Battalion was converted to a Missile Battalion on 5 December 1956 (Nike), and inactivated on 1 September 1958 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington.) Coat of arms Blazon Shield Gules, four cannons saltirewise base to base Or above an anchor paleways Azure fimbriated Argent; augmented of a canton per bend sinister, paly of fifteen of the field and the fourth, base of the second. Crest On a wreath Or and Gules, a triton torque drawing a bow and arrow aimed bendwise Or, above a sea wave Vert (Transparent Sea Green) in front of a Latin cross couped Azure. Motto VAILLANT ET VEILLANT (Valiant and Vigilant). Symbolism Shield The red of the shield signifies Artillery; the blue anchor is taken from the coat of arms of the old Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay; the four cannons form the Roman numeral ten. Battery D, 10th Coast Artillery claims parentage from Battery C, 2nd Coast Artillery (formerly 14th Company, Coast Artillery Corps and Battery C, 2nd Artillery). As the 14th Company, CAC, this company was in the Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay from 1907 through 1924.Berhow, p. 440 The latter has no coat of arms but the addition of a canton is made to indicate this parentage, but divided since one battery can claim this parentage. Battery C, 2nd Coast Artillery was part of the garrison of Fort McHenry and commanded by Captain Frederic Evans during its bombardment, on 13 September 1814, and this event is taken from the coat of arms of the 2nd Coast Artillery and depicted in the fifteen stripes in the canton. Crest The blue cross indicates the Civil War service of Battery E, 5th Artillery (now Battery E, 10th Coast Artillery). It served in the 3rd Division, 6th Army Corps during this conflict. The triton with bow and arrow symbolizes danger rising from the sea, against which the Coast Artillery in its forts must guard. Background The coat of arms was originally approved for the 10th Coast Artillery on 27 February 1926. It was redesignated for the 10th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion on 13 June 1952. Campaign streamers none Decorations none See also Distinctive unit insignia (U.S. Army) Seacoast defense in the United States United States Army Coast Artillery Corps Harbor Defense Command References Berhow Mark A. American Seacoast Defenses, A Reference Guide Third McLean, Virginia CDSG Press 2015 978-0-9748167-3-9 Gaines, William C., Coast Artillery Organizational History, 1917-1950, Coast Defense Journal, vol. 23, issue 2 (Regular Army regiments) Gaines, William C., Historical Sketches Coast Artillery Regiments 1917-1950, National Guard Army Regiments 197-265 Coast Artillery Journal, August 1923, page 123 Coast Artillery Journal, January 1927, page 73 Stanton Shelby L. World War II Order of Battle Galahad Books 1991 0-88365-775-9 http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/Heraldry/ArmyDUISSICOA/ArmyHeraldryUnit.aspx?u=8211 10th Coast Artillery (dead link 12 September 2017) External links http://cdsg.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/FORTS/CACunits/CACinsignia.pdf Insignia of the Coast Artillery Corps Greg Hagg Bolling Smith Mark Berhow The Coast Defense Study Group, Inc. 18 May 2018 Official US Army lineage website for current units https://web.archive.org/web/20081208105426/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html 2008-12-08 010 Category:Military units and formations in Rhode Island Category:1924 establishments in Rhode Island Category:Military units and formations established in 1924 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1944 Category:1944 disestablishments in Rhode Island Category:Military history of Rhode Island