23rd Coast Artillery (United States)

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23rd Coast Artillery Regiment
Active1940 - 1944
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
BranchArmy
Type Coastal artillery
RoleHarbor defense
SizeRegiment
Part of Harbor Defenses of New Bedford
Garrison/HQ Fort Rodman
Motto(s)"Strike Straight" [1]
Mascot(s) Oozlefinch

The 23rd Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery Corps regiment in the United States Army. It was the garrison of the Harbor Defenses of New Bedford, Massachusetts (HD New Bedford) in World War II, as a battalion in February 1940 through expansion to a regiment in September 1943, then reduced to a battalion in February 1944 until inactivated in October 1944. [1] [2]

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Constituted in the Organized Reserve (OR) 1 July 1924 as the 616th Coast Artillery Battalion and allotted to HD New Bedford, Massachusetts. Organized December 1924 with personnel of the 575th, 576th, and 577th CA companies, OR (formed 21 April). Expanded and redesignated 616th CA Regiment 19 March 1926 and assigned to the Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay as well as HD New Bedford. On 1 September 1935 was withdrawn from the OR and allotted to the Regular Army as the 616th CA Battalion. Redesignated as the 22nd Coast Artillery Battalion (Harbor Defense) (HD) and HHB activated 1 February 1940 at Fort Rodman, Massachusetts by reorganizing caretaker detachment of HHB 10th Coast Artillery. [2]

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  1. 1 2 3 Stanton, p. 459
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gaines, p. 15
  3. 1 2 Stanton, p. 484

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