Constituted in the Regular Army 27 February 1924 as 14th Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense), and organized 1 July 1924 at Fort Worden by redesignating the following companies of the Coast Artillery Corps (CAC): 106th, 108th, 94th, 92nd, 85th, 149th, 93rd, 150th, 126th, and 160th.[3]
Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Battery (HHB) and Batteries A, D, and G activated, primarily as caretaking detachments for HD Puget Sound.[3]
2nd Battalion HHB and Batteries B, C, and E activated 3 January 1941 at Fort Worden.[3]
Batteries A, B, and C moved to Fort Casey on 11 January 1941.[3]
1st Battalion HHB moved to Fort Casey on 7 February 1941.[3]
Batteries F, G, H, I, and K activated at Fort Worden 4 June 1941.[3]
Battery F moved to Ediz Hook and Agate and Rich Passes to man Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat (AMTB) batteries (90 mm, 37 mm, and/or 40 mm guns) 6 August 1942, where it remained until 1 October 1942, when it moved to Marrowstone Island (Fort Flagler) and Port Townsend, remaining only until 22 October 1942 when it returned to Ediz Hook.[4] Battery F returned to Fort Worden in September 1943.[3]
Battery L (underwater ranging) activated 12 January 1942, inactivated 12 September 1942.[3] This battery provided the Army portion of a joint Army-Navy "hydracoustic ranging station" at Fort Flagler. On 30 August 1942 the Navy assumed full responsibility for this station.[4]
As new batteries were completed in 1944 (primarily a two-gun 16-inch battery and a two-gun 6-inch battery at Camp Hayden), the regiment's firing batteries moved west to Striped Peak (the prewar place name for the Camp Hayden area).[3][5]
A gold metal and enamel device 1 inch (2.54 cm) in height overall the head of a northern lynx cropped facing forward silver gray. Attached below and to the sides ending in ribbons behind the lynx's ear is a red scroll inscribed "SEMPER VIGILANS" in gold letters.
Symbolism
The lynx is characteristic of the country. The motto translates to "Always Watchful."
Background
The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 14th Coast Artillery Regiment on 21 November 1924. It was redesignated for the 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 30 April 1952.
The Regiment was organized in the Coast Defenses of Puget Sound and the shield, red for Artillery, is the shield of the old Coast Defenses. The flaunches of ermine recall "Astoria" and the fur trade in the early days and by their outline on the shield indicate the contour of the straits.
Crest
The large, gray, northern lynx is characteristic of the country.
The coat of arms was originally approved for the 14th Coast Artillery Regiment on 18 November 1924. It was redesignated for the 14th Coast Artillery Battalion on 18 December 1944. The insignia was redesignated for the 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion on 30 April 1952.