USRC SEMINOLE Officers, Crew & VIP Guests
The officers, crew & guests aboard the RCS SEMINOLE; Original Caption: "REAR RANK, reading from left to right: Machinist E. F. Rock; Carpenter Wm. Williamson; Third Lieut. C. H. Abel; Third Lieut. T. S. Elinger; Second Lieut. L. T. Chalker; First Lieut. L. C. Covell; First Lieut. of Engineers R. B. Adams; Second Lieut. of Engineers W. M. Prall; Third Lieut. of Engineers C. E. Sugden; Gunner O. Vinje; Boatswain Geo. D' Orange. FRONT RANK: reading from left to right: - Supt. J. M. Blankenship, Merchant & Miners Trans. Co.; Jos. A. O'Brien, Assocation American Underwriters; Captain Godfrey L. Carden, Commanding U.S.R.C. SEMINOLE; President J. C. Whitney, Merchant & Miners Tans. Col; James Sprunt, Esq.; Representative of Lloyd's and London Salvage Association." Note the cutter's silver in the chest to the right. Photo is dated 1913.

Photo by: USCG Historian's Office, CG-09231 |  VIRIN: 211207-G-G0000-004.JPG