Roselle, a 220 ton steam harbor tug, was built in 1903 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for civilian employment. She was taken over by the Navy for World War I service in May 1917 and commissioned as USS Roselle (SP-350) in September of that year. For the next few months she performed minesweeping duties in the New York area. However, at the end of 1917 she was returned to her owner, who needed her for essential national defense work. Later renamed Fearless, the tug was listed in registers of commercial vessels until 1942.