USRC Seminole

USRC Seminole
History
United States
NameSeminole
NamesakeSeminole Native American Tribe
BuilderColumbian Iron Works[1]
Cost$141,000[1]
Launched18 March 1899[2]
Commissioned3 September 1900 [2]
Decommissioned17 December 1934[2]
FateTransfer to Federal Emergency Relief Administration
General characteristics
Displacement845 tons[2]
Length188 ft (57 m)
Beam29 ft 6 in (8.99 m)
Draft11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
PropulsionTriple-expansion steam, 20.75 in (52.7 cm), 32 in (81 cm), 50 in (130 cm) dia. X 27 in (69 cm) stroke[2]
Speed14.7 knots
Complement8 officers, 59 men
Armament(4) 3-pounders

USRC Seminole was a 188 ft (57 m), 845-ton United States Revenue Cutter Service steamer constructed by the Columbian Iron Works in 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.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Seminole, 1900", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard-Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
  2. ^ a b c d e f Canney, pp 58–59