USRC Seminole
 USRC Seminole
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Seminole |
| Namesake | Seminole Native American Tribe |
| Builder | Columbian Iron Works[2] |
| Cost | $141,000[2] |
| Launched | 18 March 1899[1] |
| Commissioned | 3 September 1900 [1] |
| Decommissioned | 17 December 1934[1] |
| Fate | Transfer to Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 845 tons[1] |
| 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[1] |
| Speed | 14.7 knots |
| Complement | 8 officers, 59 men |
| Armament | (4) 3-pounders |
USRC Seminole was a 188 ft (57 m), 845-ton
Baltimore, Maryland for $141,000.[2] She was commissioned in 1900 and saw service through 1934, when she was transferred to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration.[1]
Construction
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Career
Seminole was first based out of
Little River Inlet on 29 March.[4]
With the outbreak of 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 where she served as an independent unit and returned to her permanent station of Wilmington later that year.
On 5 March 1927, the Spanish
Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and was abandoned by her crew. The Spanish steamer Cabo Torres rescued them. On 6 March, Seminole sank Cabo Hatteras with gunfire.[6][7]
In 1929 Seminole transferred for service on the Great Lakes. She was stationed at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan until she was decommissioned in 1934.[2][1]
Notes
Footnotes
- ^ After 28 January 1915 the Revenue Cutter Service was merged with the United States Life-Saving Service to form the 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
- ^ a b c d e f g Canney, pp 58–59
- ^ a b c d e f g "Seminole, 1900", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
- ^ Annual Report of the Revenue Cutter Service, 1914, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, p 76
- ^ "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1914". Government Printing Office, Washington. Retrieved 4 March 2021 – via Haithi Trust.
- ^ "Coast Guard General Order No. 1", Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
- ^ "Casualty reports". The Times. No. 44523. London. 7 March 1927. col E-F, p. 23.
- ^ "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 0043-0374.
- U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (1914). Annual Report of the Revenue Cutter Service, 1914. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- "Coast Guard General Order No. 1" (PDF). Office of the Secretary of the Treasury. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- "Seminole, 1900" (PDF). Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels. U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- Canney, Donald L. (1995). U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790–1935. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland. ISBN 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)
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