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U.S.S. GENESEE
(AOG-8)READY-AYE
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AOG-8 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AOG-8 Shellback Initiation | Add a AOG-8 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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SEP | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 23 SEP 1943 | ||
MAY | 1944 | - | Commissioned: 28 MAY 1944 | ||
DEC | 1949 | - | Decommissioned: 14 DEC 1949 | ||
OCT | 1952 | - | OCT | 1952 | Inchon Landing |
FEB | 1957 | - | Shellback Initiation - 18 FEB 1957 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1960 | - | JAN | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1961 | - | JUL | 1963 | West Pac |
JAN | 1968 | - | SEP | 1968 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
NOV | 1968 | - | NOV | 1970 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
DEC | 1968 | - | MAY | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
MAR | 1969 | - | DEC | 1969 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
AOG-8 General Specifications
Complement: 131 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1850 tons
Length: 310 feet 9 inches
Beam: 48 feet 6 inches
Draft: 15 feet 8 in
Flank Speed: 15 Knots