USS Genesee (AT-55)
USS Genesee (Fleet Tug No. 55) at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | SS Monocacy |
| Namesake | Monocacy River in Maryland |
| Owner | Philadelphia and Reading Railway |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1905 |
| In service | 1905 |
| Out of service | 27 July 1917 |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Navy, 27 July 1917 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Monocacy (SP-1116) |
| Acquired | 27 July 1917 |
| In service | 25 September 1917 |
| Renamed | USS Genesee, 10 November 1917 |
| Namesake |
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| Commissioned | 10 November 1917 |
| Reclassified | AT-55, 17 July 1920 |
| Honours & awards | 1 Battle Stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Scuttled 5 May 1942 at Corregidor |
| Captured | Refloated by Japanese after 5 May 1942 as Patrol Boat No. 107 |
| Japan | |
| Name | Patrol Boat No. 107 |
| Acquired | after 5 May 1942 |
| Fate | Sunk 5 November 1944 off Lubang Island 14°23′N 120°25′E / 14.383°N 120.417°E |
| General characteristics (as Genesee) | |
| Displacement | 688 tons |
| Length | 170 ft (52 m) |
| Beam | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Armament | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun |
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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.