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.

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.

Seminole spotted the distressed Winsmore and came to its aid by passing a hawser and towing her to a safe anchorage.

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 cargo ship SS Cabo Hatteras caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 140 nautical miles (260 km) east-southeast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and was abandoned by her crew.