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{{other ships|USS Genesee}}
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| Ship image = [[File:USS Genesee (AT-55).png|300px|USS ''Genesee'' (Fleet Tug No. 55) at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918]]
| Ship caption = USS ''Genesee'' (Fleet Tug No. 55) at [[Cobh|Queenstown]], Ireland, in 1918
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag|1942}}
| Ship name = SS ''Monocacy''
| Ship namesake = [[Monocacy River]] in [[Maryland]]
| Ship builder = *[[Maryland Steel Company|Maryland Steel Co.]]
*[[Sparrows Point|Sparrow's Point, Maryland]]
| 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
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| 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
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| Ship renamed = USS ''Genesee'', 10 November 1917
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| Ship commissioned = 10 November 1917
| Ship namesake = *Towns in [[Genesee, Idaho|Idaho]], [[Genesee, Michigan|Michigan]], [[Genesee, New York|New York]], [[Genesee, Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]].
*[[Genesee River]] in New York, Pennsylvania
| Ship reclassified = AT-55, 17 July 1920
| Ship honours = *[[File:Bronze-service-star-3d.png|18px]] 1 [[Battle Stars]] ([[World War II]])
| Ship fate = Scuttled 5 May 1942 at [[Corregidor]]
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| Ship captured = Refloated by [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] after 5 May 1942 as ''Patrol Boat No. 107''<ref name=USNChron>{{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 }}</ref>
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| Ship country = [[Empire of Japan|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}}<ref name=USNChron />
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| Header caption = (as ''Genesee'')
| Ship displacement = 688 [[ton]]s
| 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]]
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'''USS ''Genesee'' (AT-55)''', formerly '''''Monocacy''''', was a [[fleet tug]] in the [[United States Navy|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 [[Imperial Japanese Navy|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 Company|Maryland Steel Co.]] of [[Sparrows Point|Sparrow's Point, Maryland]]. She was acquired by the Navy on 27 July 1917 from the [[Philadelphia and Reading Railway|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, Connecticut|New London]], reached [[Cobh|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, France|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 [[Split (city)|Spalato]], [[Dalmatia]], and in [[Castella Bay]]. On 17 July 1920 ''Genesee'' was designated AT-55.

Next assigned to the Far East, ''Genesee'' arrived [[U.S. Naval Station Sangley Point|Cavite]], [[Luzon]], 7 September 1920 for permanent duty on the Asiatic Station. She spent the summer of 1921 with the fleet at [[Yantai|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 Hellcat]]s from [[Task Group 38.3]] sank ''Patrol Boat No. 107'' off [[Lubang Island]] ({{coord|14|23|N|120|25|E|display=inline,title}}).<ref name=USNChron />

''Genesee'' was awarded one [[battle star]] for World War II service in the U.S. Navy.

==References==
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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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