24th Coast Artillery (United States)


The 24th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army. It was the garrison of the Harbor Defenses of Argentia and St. John's, Newfoundland from February 1942 through October 1944, as a battalion after March 1943.

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Constituted 13 January 1942 and activated 17 January 1942 at Fort H.G. Wright, New York as 24th Coast Artillery Regiment. HHB and Batteries A and B organized at Fort H.G. Wright. Batteries C, D, and E organized 16 February 42 at Fort Pepperrell in Newfoundland Base Command with personnel reassigned from Battery A, 53rd Coast Artillery Regiment; Battery D, 52nd Coast Artillery Regiment; and 2nd Platoon, Battery G, 53rd CA Regt, that were inactivated in Newfoundland and transferred back to their parent regiments in CONUS, less personnel and equipment.