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EXHIBIT 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333-113497) and related Prospectus of GenCorp Inc. for the registration of $125,000,000 of its 4% Contingent Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2024, and the Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion of the Notes, and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 9, 2005, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of GenCorp Inc., GenCorp Inc. management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of GenCorp Inc., incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended November 30, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Sacramento, California
March 11, 2005

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