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Ship of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service

USRC Seminole History United States Name Seminole Namesake Seminole Native American Tribe Builder Columbian Iron Works[1] Cost $141,000[1] Launched 18 March 1899[2] Commissioned 3 September 1900[2] Decommissioned 17 December 1934[2] Fate Transfer to Federal Emergency Relief Administration General characteristics Displacement 845 tons[2] Length 188 ft (57 m) Beam 29 ft 6 in (8.99 m) Draft 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) Propulsion Triple-expansion steam, 20.75 in (52.7 cm), 32 in (81 cm), 50 in (130 cm) dia. X 27 in (69 cm) stroke[2] Speed 14.7 knots Complement 8 officers, 59 men Armament (4) 3-pounders

**USRC *Seminole*** was a 188 ft (57 m), 845-ton [United States Revenue Cutter Service](/source/United_States_Revenue_Cutter_Service) steamer constructed by the [Columbian Iron Works](/source/Columbian_Iron_Works) in [Baltimore](/source/Baltimore), Maryland for $141,000.[1] She was commissioned in 1900 and saw service through 1934, when she was transferred to the [Federal Emergency Relief Administration](/source/Federal_Emergency_Relief_Administration).[2]

## Career

*Seminole* was first based out of [Boston](/source/Boston) and she patrolled the New England coast and the North Atlantic. Her winter cruising area included assisting fishing vessels in the ice of [Newfoundland](/source/Newfoundland).[1] She transferred to [Staten Island, New York](/source/Staten_Island%2C_New_York) on 22 May 1904 and transferred again to [Wilmington, North Carolina](/source/Wilmington%2C_North_Carolina), arriving on 5 July 1905.[1] Her patrol area included the southeastern coast, as well as winter cruises from [Cape Hatteras, North Carolina](/source/Cape_Hatteras%2C_North_Carolina) to [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina) and even down through [Key West](/source/Key_West), Florida. Her duties included derelict destruction, attending local ceremonies, patrolling regattas, and rendering assistance when needed such as the 4 January 1914 rescue of schooner [*Thomas Winsmore*](/source/Thomas_Winsmore_(schooner)).[1] *Winsmore* was caught in a gale that forced her to shore where she was taking on water in the hold. *Seminole* spotted the distressed *Winsmore* and came to its aid by passing a [hawser](/source/Hawser) and towing her to a safe anchorage. When the captain of *Seminole* learned that the master of *Winsmore* believed that a mutiny of his crew was likely, armed crew of the *Seminole* were put aboard *Winsmore* to stop a possible mutiny.[3] On 9 April 1914 she assisted schooner [*Wm. Thos. Moore*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SV_Wm._Thos._Moore&action=edit&redlink=1) that had been stranded on the bar at [Little River Inlet](/source/Little_River_Inlet) on 29 March.[4]

With the outbreak of [World War I](/source/World_War_I) in August 1914, USRC *Seminole* enforced the neutrality laws of the United States until the United States entered the war in April 1917.[Note 1] She then served under the Navy and patrolled off the Carolinas. In 1923 she was detached to [Puerto Rico](/source/Puerto_Rico) where she served as an independent unit and returned to her permanent station of Wilmington later that year.

On 5 March 1927, the Spanish [cargo ship](/source/Cargo_ship) [SS *Cabo Hatteras*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Cabo_Hatteras&action=edit&redlink=1) caught fire in the [Atlantic Ocean](/source/Atlantic_Ocean) 140 nautical miles (260 km) east-southeast of [Sandy Hook](/source/Sandy_Hook%2C_New_Jersey), [New Jersey](/source/New_Jersey), and was abandoned by her crew. The Spanish steamer [*Cabo Torres*](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SS_Cabo_Torres&action=edit&redlink=1) rescued them. On 6 March, *Seminole* sank *Cabo Hatteras* with gunfire.[6][7]

In 1929 *Seminole* transferred for service on the [Great Lakes](/source/Great_Lakes). She was stationed at [Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan](/source/Sault_Ste._Marie%2C_Michigan) until she was decommissioned in 1934.[1][2]

## Notes

### Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** After 28 January 1915 the Revenue Cutter Service was merged with the [United States Life-Saving Service](/source/United_States_Life-Saving_Service) to form the [United States Coast Guard](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard). The prefix for Revenue Cutter Service vessels was changed from USRC to USCGC, thus; USRC *Seminole* became USCGC *Seminole*.[5]

### Citations

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-USCG01_1-6) "Seminole, 1900", Cutters, List of cutters, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-Canney58-59_2-6) Canney, pp 58–59

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1914AR76_3-0)** Annual Report of the Revenue Cutter Service, 1914, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, p 76

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1914"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015020609155&view=1up&seq=113). Government Printing Office, Washington. Retrieved 4 March 2021 – via Haithi Trust.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-USCG02_5-0)** "Coast Guard General Order No. 1", Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Casualty reports". *The Times*. No. 44523. London. 7 March 1927. col. E-F, p. 23.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** "Spanish steamer sunk by gunfire". *The Times*. No. 44524. London. 8 March 1927. col. C, p. 24.

### References

- Eger, Christopher L. (March 2021). "Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II". *Warship International*. **LVIII** (1): 58–81. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0043-0374](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0043-0374).

- U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (1914). [*Annual Report of the Revenue Cutter Service, 1914*](https://books.google.com/books?id=2HfPAAAAMAAJ&dq=schooner+%22thomas+winsmore%22&pg=PA76). Retrieved 29 November 2013.

- ["Coast Guard General Order No. 1"](https://media.defense.gov/2021/Dec/09/2002906427/-1/-1/0/1915_USCG_GO1.PDF) (PDF). *Office of the Secretary of the Treasury*. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

- ["Seminole, 1900"](https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Water/All/Article/2400673/seminole-1900/). *List of cutters*. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

- Canney, Donald L. (1995). *U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935*. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-55750-101-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-55750-101-1).

- U.S. Coast Guard. *Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933*. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint)

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1927 Shipwrecks 25 Feb: Artemis 11 Mar: El Sol 27 Jun: Craster Hall 5 Aug: Chiyoda, O-2 18 Aug: Hennepin 22 Aug: Prince Rupert 24 Aug: Warabi 21 Oct: Irene 25 Oct: Principessa Mafalda 28 Oct: Fortuna 3 Nov: Greycliffe 21 Nov: Georgia 7 Dec: Kamloops 17 Dec: USS S-4 30 Dec: Seneca Other incidents 29 Jan: Celtic 6 Mar: USCGC Seminole 11 Mar: Sac City 1 May: USS Colorado 2 May: Astoria 5 Jul: RMS Ebro 15 Jul: Veendam 24 Aug: Jintsū 25 Sep: Minnekahda 6 Oct: Domala 19 Oct: Irene 20 Oct: Irene, HMS L4, HMS L5 3 Nov: Tahiti 8 Nov: Catala 20 Nov: Pierre Chailley 27 Nov: Wahehe November (unknown date): Hougomont 12 Dec: Fylgia 16 Dec: Equity 17 Dec: USCGD Paulding 29 Dec: Galatée 29 Dec: J. A. Moffett Jr. 31 Dec: Consul Horn Unknown date: America Unknown date: Pelican 1926 1928

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