First Coast Artillery Regiment
| 1st Air Defense Artillery | |
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Coat of arms
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| Active | 1821 |
| Country | United States |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | Air Defense Artillery |
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| Motto(s) | "Primus Inter Pares" (First among equals) |
| Mascot(s) | Oozlefinch |
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| Distinctive unit insignia |  |
The 1st Air Defense Artillery is an air defense artillery regiment in the United States Army first formed in 1821.
Constituted 1 June 1821 in the Regular Army as the 1st Regiment of Artillery, and organized from existing units with headquarters at Fort Independence (Massachusetts)
Regiment broken up 13 February 1901 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as separate numbered companies and batteries of the Artillery Corps.
Reconstituted 1 July 1924 in the Regular Army as the 1st Coast Artillery and partially organized with headquarters at Fort De Lesseps, Panama Canal Zone in the Harbor Defenses of Cristobal. The regiment was organized by redesignating the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, and 11th companies of the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC). Batteries B, C, and D carried the lineage and designations of the corresponding batteries in the old 1st Artillery.
(1st Battalion activated 1 June 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone; inactivated 31 July 1926 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. 1st and 2d Battalions activated 15 April 1932 at Forts Randolph and Sherman, Canal Zone, respectively. 3d Battalion activated 15 March 1950 at Fort Randolph, Canal Zone. 1st and 2d Battalions inactivated 30 March 1941 at Forts Sherman and Randolph, Canal Zone, respectively; activated 17 April 1942 at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone)
1st Bn provided cadre for organization of 72nd CA (AA) Regiment at Ft. Randolph 1 November 1939.
Regiment broken up 1 November 1944 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Coast Artillery Group
Remainder of regiment as the 1st Coast Artillery Battalion
After 1 November 1944 the above units underwent changes as follows:
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