16th Coast Artillery (United States)

16th Coast Artillery (United States)

16th Coast Artillery Regiment
coat of arms
Active	1924 - 1944
Country	United States
Branch	Coast Artillery Corps
Role	Harbor defense
Size	Regiment
Motto	KAPU (Keep out)
Mascot	Oozlefinch
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel

The 16th Coast Artillery Regiment was a Coast Artillery regiment in the United States Army,

History

Lineage

Constituted 27 February 1924 as 16th Artillery (HD) Coast Artillery, and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort Armstrong, (Hawaii) from the following Companies- 104th, 90th, 99th, 105th, 111th, 159th, and 186th.

Campaign streamers

unknown

Decorations

unknown

See also

References

• Historical register and dictionary of the United States Army, from ..., Volume 1 By Francis Bernard Heitman [1]
• Encyclopedia of United States Army insignia and uniforms By William K. Emerson (page 51).[2]
• [3] linage
• [4] page 123
• Coast Artillery Journal June 1927 Page 541 [5]
• Defenses of Pearl Harbor and Oahu 1907-50 [6]

External links

• http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lh.html
• http://www.diamondheadhike.org/militaryhistory.html
• http://www.military.com/HomePage/UnitPageFullText/1,13476,702746,00.html

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