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Scuttled at Corregidor, 5 May 1942

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USS Genesee (AT-55)
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 USS Genesee (Fleet Tug # 55) (1917 - 1920)
 Monocacy (SP-1116) (1917)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal (with Patrol clasp) - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Defense Medal
  • Built as the civilian tug Monocacy in 1905 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, MD.
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 27 July 1917, from Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Placed in service, 25 September 1917, at Philadelphia Navy Yard
  • Commissioned USS Genesee (Fleet Tug No. 55), 10 November 1917, LT. C. H. T. B. Tissell, USNRF, in command
  • Designated Fleet tug (AT-55), 17 July 1920
  • During World War II Genesee was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Philippine Islands operation, 8 December 1941 to 5 May 1942
  • Final Disposition, scuttled at Corregidor, P.I., 5 May 1942, to avoid capture by the Japanese
  • Genesee received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 688 t.
    Length 170'
    Beam 29'
    Draft 16'
    Speed 15 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament one 3"/50 gun mount
    Propulsion system unknown
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    USS Genesse (SP-1116)
    Genesse 67k Genesse (SP-1116) underway at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918. Photographed by Zimmer.
    US Navy photo # NH 53873, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center         		US Naval Historical Center
    USS Genesse (AT-55)
    Genesse 47k Genesse (AT-55) underway in Far Eastern waters, circa 1922-1925.
    US Navy photo # NH 102416, from the collection LCDR. Waldo B. McLeod USN now part of the US Naval Historical Center collection.         		US Naval Historical Center
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    DANFS history entry located on the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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