sentences:  At 1317 on 7 December 1941, however, the ocean-going tug sounded general quarters, reversed her course, and anchored at Pearl Harbor on the 12th.With her sister ship, , the "Seminole" operated in Pearl Harbor during the busy, hectic days following the Japanese attack.On 15 February 1942, however, "Seminole" embarked a salvage team and departed Pearl Harbor for Canton Island where, from 21 February to 24 March 1942, she assisted in unsuccessful salvage operations for the grounded Army transport ship, , which was eventually abandoned on the coral reef (and removed in the 1950s).