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Genesee
T1-MT-M1
Patapsco Class Gasoline Tanker:
Laid down (date unknown) at Cargill Inc., Savage, MN. Launched, 23 September 1943
Commissioned USS Genesee (AOG-8), 28 May 1944
Decommissioned, 14 December 1949, at San Francisco, CA.
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Recommissioned, 28 July 1950
Decommissioned (date unknown)
Struck from the Naval Register, 25 June 1992
Transferred to Chile under terms of the Security Assistance Program, 25 June 1992, renamed Beagle
Decommissioned by the Chilean Navy in January 1992
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
( See photos below )
Specifications:
Displacement 1,850 t.(lt) 4,130 t.(fl)
Length 310' 9"
Beam 48' 6"
Draft 15' 8"
Speed 15.5 kts.
Complement 131
Armament four 3"/50 dual purpose guns, twelve 20mm guns
Cargo Capacity 2,210 DWT
Propulsion four GE diesel electric engines, twin shafts, 3,300hp.
View the Genesee (AOG-8)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site.
The Miramar Ship Index for
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GENESEE
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ID/ IMO
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6118121
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Year
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1944
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Name
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GENESEE
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Flag
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USA
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Owner
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US Navy
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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2762
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DWT
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2638
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LOA
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94.70
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LPP
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89.00
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Beam
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14.80
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Dept
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??
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Draft
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4.77
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Mchy
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2DE-14.5
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kW
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2 General Motors 16-278A diesel engines, 3,300 SHP.
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Design
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T1-MT-M1
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Builder
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Cargill Inc.
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Yard
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Savage, MN
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Yard No
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4
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Built in
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USA
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Keel
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??
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Launch
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23.09.1943
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Compl.
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27.05.1944
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History
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1944 GENESEE (AOG 8) - Commissioned USS Genesee (AOG-8), 27 May 1944.
1949 GENESEE (AOG 8) - Decommissioned, 16 December 1949, at Mare Island Navy Yard
1949 GENESEE (AOG 8) - Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
1950 GENESEE (AOG 8) - Recommissioned, 28 July 1950.
1972 GENESEE - Decommissioned, 5 July 1972, and loaned to Chile.
1987 BEAGLE - Transferred to Chile under terms of the Security Assistance Program, 9 November 1987, renamed Beagle.
1992 BEAGLE - Decommissioned by the Chilean Navy in January 1992.
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End
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??
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Disposal Data
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Final Disposition, fate unknown, possible sunk as a target in 1992 ??
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USS Genesee (AOG-8), launch on September 23rd, 1943.
An aerial view of USS Genesee (AOG-8) at sea, 4 June 1944, wearing camouflage 32/3D. Photo taken by blimp squadron ZP-22.( US Navy photo )
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, overhead view, date and place unknown. She is painted in camouflage scheme 32/2D.
( Photo courtesy Larry Sullivan )
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8) underway, date and place unknown.
USS Genesee (AOG-8).
( Art work by IAN HALL )
USS Genesee (AOG-8).
( Art work by IAN HALL )
Aerial port bow view of the gasoline tanker USS Genesee (AOG-8). SA air search
radar is fitted to the head of the foremast with a radome for SO radar just below it.
4 single 3 inxh 50 AA guns are carried. Note the limited training arc of no 2 gun.
20 nn Oerlikon AA guns are mounted in the forward superstructure.
U.S. Navy Oiler, Gasoline USS Genesee (AOG-8), 1957.
US Navy Oiler gasoline USS Genesee (AOG-8) Nov. 1965.
US Navy Oiler, gasoline USS Genesee (AOG-8), 1958.
US Navy Oiler, gasoline USS Genesee (AOG-8), underway, date and location unknown.
( US Navy photo )
USS Genesee (AOG-8) in Mississippi River Lock No. 15 at Rock Island, IL. in tow of Federal Barge
Lines Towboat James W. Good, 19 April 1944. She is painted in camouflage scheme 32/2D.
( Photo thanks to John Fitzgerald, USACE, Rock Island District )
USS Genesee (AOG-8), underway in 1965, location unknown.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )