248th Coast Artillery (United States)

[1] The 248th Coast Artillery was organized as a battalion 1 May 1924 as the Washington National Guard component of the Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound (HD Puget Sound), Washington.The 14th Coast Artillery was the Regular Army component of those defenses.Redesignated as the 248th Coast Artillery (HD) Battalion 1 October 1933.[1] On induction the unit was filled out by redesignating Washington National Guard elements of the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, which made up over half of the 248th.[3] On 25 April 1944 the regiment moved to Camp Barkeley, Texas where inactivated 8 May 1944.
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