6TH BATTALION
52ND AIR DEFENSE ARTILLERY REGIMENT
LINEAGE
Organized 1 June 1917 in the Regular Army at Fort Washington, Maryland, as the 3d Company, Fort Washington, Maryland.
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 July 1917 as Battery K, 8th Provisional Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps.
- Redesignated 5 February 1918 as Battery K, 53d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).
- Redesingated 15 July 1918 as Battery F, 52d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).
- Inactivated 16 May 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
- Activated 16 May 1921 at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
- Additionally designated 1 June 1922 as the 229th Company, Coast Artillery Corps; additional dsignation abolished 1 July 1924.
- Redesignated 1 July 1924 as Battery F, 52d Coast Artillery.
-Inactivated 1 February 1940 at Fort Monroe, Virginia.
-Activated 8 January 1941 at Fort Hancock, New Jersey.
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1943 as Battery A, 288th Coast Artillery Battalion.
