The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States and its possessions between 1901 and 1950. The CAC also
Practice loading of a 10-inch gun on a disappearing carriage at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY, a typical Endicott period installation.
Typical Endicott period battery with components labeled.
USAMP Major Samuel Ringgold, built in 1904, which planted practice groups of mines in the Columbia River during the 1920s. (National Archives and Records Administration)
US-manned 155 mm GPF gun of Battery F, 55th Coast Artillery, France 1918
Joseph A. Green (general)
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Joseph Andrew Green was a United States Army officer with the rank of major general, who is most noted as a Chief of the Coast Artillery Corps during the years 1940–1942.
United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
…January 1935 Major General Harry L. Steele 21 January 1935 31 March 1936 Major General Archibald H. Sunderland 1 April 1936 31 March 1940 Major General Joseph A. Green 1 April 1940 9 March 1942 Units Coast Artillery School device In 1901, the regimental organization of the US Army artillery was abolished. More companies…
Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Green, new Chief of Coast Artillery, U.S. Army, April 1940 LCCN2016877383