USS Genesee (AT-55)
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:USS Genesee (AT-55).png | Ship caption = USS Genesee (Fleet Tug No. 55) at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1942}} | Ship name = SS Monocacy | Ship namesake = Monocacy River in Maryland | Ship builder = *Maryland Steel Co. | Ship laid down = date unknown | Ship launched = 1905 | Ship owner = Philadelphia and Reading Railway | Ship in service = 1905 | Ship out of service = 27 July 1917 | Ship fate = Sold to U.S. Navy, 27 July 1917 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1942}} | Ship name = USS Monocacy (SP-1116) | Ship acquired = 27 July 1917 | Ship in service = 25 September 1917 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship renamed = USS Genesee, 10 November 1917 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship commissioned = 10 November 1917 | Ship namesake = *Towns in Idaho, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania.
| Ship reclassified = AT-55, 17 July 1920 | Ship honours = *18px 1 Battle Stars (World War II) | Ship fate = Scuttled 5 May 1942 at Corregidor }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = yes | Ship captured = Refloated by Japanese after 5 May 1942 as Patrol Boat No. 107{{cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/TheOfficialChronologyOfTheUSNavyInWorldWarII | title = The official chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II | chapter = Chapter VI: 1944 | chapter-url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1944.html | first = Robert | last = Cressman | location = Annapolis, Maryland | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-1-55750-149-3 | oclc = 41977179 | url-access = registration }} }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = title | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Empire of Japan|naval}} | Ship name = Patrol Boat No. 107 | Ship acquired = after 5 May 1942 | Ship fate = Sunk 5 November 1944 off Lubang Island {{coord|14|23|N|120|25|E|display=inline}} }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Header caption = (as Genesee) | Ship displacement = 688 tons | Ship length = {{convert|170|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|29|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|16|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship speed = {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}} | Ship armament = 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun }} |
USS Genesee (AT-55), formerly Monocacy, was a fleet tug in the U.S. Navy in World War I and World War II built in 1905. She was scuttled on 5 May 1942 at Corregidor to avoid capture. Nevertheless, she was raised by the Japanese and designated as Patrol Boat No. 107. She was sunk by American planes on 5 November 1944.
Operational history
Monocacy was built in 1905 by the Maryland Steel Co. of Sparrow's Point, Maryland. She was acquired by the Navy on 27 July 1917 from the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Co., in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and placed in service at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 25 September 1917, designated SP-1116. She was commissioned 10 November 1917 as USS Genesee (Fleet Tug No. 55).
Genesee sailed from Philadelphia 20 November 1917 and, after joining a convoy at New London, reached Queenstown, Ireland, 27 January 1918. Until the end of World War I she operated in the Bremerhaven-Queenstown areas patrolling, towing, and serving as standby for deep sea rescue work. After towing {{USS|Luella|1917|6}} from Queenstown to Brest, Genesee arrived Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 31 December 1918 and served as a tug at that port until 1 April 1919 when she sailed for Brest. She provided tug services and aid to stricken ships and finally got underway 30 September for a 7-month tour of duty off Spalato, Dalmatia, and in Castella Bay. On 17 July 1920 Genesee was designated AT-55.
Next assigned to the Far East, Genesee arrived Cavite, Luzon, 7 September 1920 for permanent duty on the Asiatic Station. She spent the summer of 1921 with the fleet at Chefoo, China, and returned to Cavite 19 September. Subsequently she operated as a tug, a ferry, and a target tow in the Philippines until she was scuttled at Corregidor 5 May 1942 to avoid capture.
Subsequently raised by the Japanese, she was designated Patrol Boat No. 107. On 5 November 1944, American F6F Hellcats from Task Group 38.3 sank Patrol Boat No. 107 off Lubang Island ({{coord|14|23|N|120|25|E|display=inline,title}}).
Genesee was awarded one battle star for World War II service in the U.S. Navy.
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- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/g/genesee-ii.html}}
- {{cite web | first = Gary P. | last = Priolo | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/47/47055.htm | title = Monocacy (SP-1116), Fleet Tug No. 55 / AT-55 Genesee | work = NavSource Online | publisher = NavSource Naval History | date = 10 March 2006 | access-date = 6 November 2007 }}
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Category:Ships built in Sparrows Point, Maryland
Category:World War I auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:World War II patrol vessels of Japan
Category:Ships sunk by US aircraft
Category:Naval ships of the United States captured by Japan during World War II