2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States)

2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery
Distinctive unit insignia
Active	1812
Country	United States
Branch	Army
Type	Air defense artillery
Equipment	Patriot Missile System

The 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment is a battalion in the 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, a regiment in the United States Army, first formed in 1812.

Constituted 11 January 1812 in the Regular Army as a company in the 3d Regiment of Artillery

Organized in July 1812 at Fort Columbus, New York, as Captain Ichabod B. Crane's Company, 3d Regiment of Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 12 May 1814 as Captain Ichabod B. Crane's Company, Corps of Artillery

Redesignated 17 May 1815 as Captain Ichabod B. Crane's Company, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division

Redesignated 17 June 1816 as Company D, 2d Battalion, Corps of Artillery, Northern Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1821 as Company B, 1st Regiment of Artillery

Reorganized and redesignated 13 February 1901 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery, Artillery Corps

Redesignated 2 February 1907 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery Corps

Reorganized and redesignated 18 July 1916 as the 1st Company, Fort Ruger Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 11th Company, Coast Defenses of Oahu

Redesignated in February 1921 as the 4th Company, Coast Defenses of Honolulu

Redesignated 30 June 1922 as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery Corps

Inactivated 1 July 1922 in Hawaii

Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery

Activated 1 June 1926 at Fort Randolph (Panama), Canal Zone

Inactivated 31 July 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone

Activated 15 April 1932 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone

Inactivated 30 March 1941 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone

Activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery Battalion

Disbanded 1 February 1946 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone

Reconstituted 21 June 1950 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 1st Coast Artillery; concurrently redesignated as Battery B, 1st Antiaircraft Battalion

Redesignated 17 March 1955 as Battery B, 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion

Activated 15 April 1955 at Irwin, Pennsylvania

Redesignated 26 October 1956 as Battery B, 74th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion