54th Transportation Bn

54th Transportation Battalion

 

Brief History

54th SUPPORT BATTALION 

  • Constituted 28 May 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 54th Quartermaster Truck Battalion.
  • Activated 7 July 1943 with personnel and equipment from the 2638th Quartermaster Truck Battalion (Provisional) (organized in November 1942 in Tunisia).
  • Battalion broken up 3 November 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile (Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3353d, 3354th, 3355th, and 3356th Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively – hereafter separate lineages).

  • Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, inactivated 31 October 1945 in Germany.
  • Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion.
  • Redesignated 3 August 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 54th Transportation Truck Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army.
  • Activated 2 September 1949 at Fort Story, Virginia.
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Transportation Amphibious Truck Battalion.
  • Redesignated 5 December 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 54th Transportation Battalion.
  • Inactivated 27 June 1955 at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
  • Redesignated 9 August 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Transportation Battalion.
  • Activated 27 August 1955 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
  • Inactivated 21 October 1963 in Germany.
  • Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington.
  • Inactivated 13 August 1970 in Vietnam.
  • Converted and redesignated 1 May 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 54th Support Battalion, assigned to the 3d Armored Division, and activated in Germany (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated).
  • Inactivated 15 April 1992 in Germany.
  • Activated as the 54th Support Battalion (Base), 80th Area Support Group, 16 September 1994.