USN
Navajo Class Tug
Tons
1,500
Circa 1940
Construction
Built at Staten Island, New York. She was commissioned in March 1940 and transferred to the Pacific a east coast shakedown.
Ship History
Seminole performed towing and salvage operations in the west coast and Hawaii. Assisting the USS President Taylor, Navy patrol craft YP-108 and USS Vireo (AT-144).
Wartime History
In mid-August 1942, Seminole was sent to the south Pacific. She was employed at Fiji and Tongatabu until mid-October, when she arrived at Guadalcanal.
Sinking History
On October 25, 1942, while unloading personnel, equipment and gasoline off Guadalcanal, Seminole and the patrol craft YP-284 sighted three Japanese destroyers. They attempted to escape to the east, both ships were soon attacked and sunk. One member of Seminole's crew was lost with her.
Discovery
Discovered by divers on Guadalcanal in 1994. The wreck
lies on her starboard side, partially buried in the mud, off the northern shore of Guadalcanal. Due to location is only dived
in the dry season.
110'
