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Photo #  NH 99347:  Trawler Foam in port, circa 1918


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Foam (American Steam Trawler, 1910).
Served as USS Foam (ID # 2496) in 1918-1919

Foam, a 244 gross ton steam-powered fishing trawler, was built at Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1910. She was purchased by the Russian Government in 1917, but did not leave the United States due to the confusion following that year's revolution in Russia. In late May 1918 the U.S. Navy chartered her. Later placed in service as Foam (ID # 2496), she was employed as a minesweeper in the vicinity of New York harbor for the remainder of World War I and for a few months following the Armistice, after which she was returned to the Imperial Russian Government's representatives.

This page features our only views of the trawler Foam, which served in the U.S. Navy as Foam (ID # 2496) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 99347

Foam
(American Trawler, 1910)

In port, probably at the Tebo Yacht Basin, New York City. The photograph may have been taken on 11 March 1918, when Foam was inspected by the Third Naval District for possible Navy acquisition.
Chartered by the Navy on 29 May 1918, she was placed in commission as USS Foam (ID # 2496) on 1 June 1918. The trawler was returned to her owners on 3 March 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102236

Trawlers Foam, Ripple
and Spray
(left to right, in the center of the view)

Tied up together, probably prior to their World War I Navy service.
These trawlers, previously owned by the Bay State Fishing Company, of Boston, were chartered by the Navy from representatives of the Russian Government in May 1918 and later commissioned as USS Foam (ID # 2496), USS Ripple (ID # 2439) and USS Spray (ID # 2491). They were returned to their owner in 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Page made 6 September 2003
New image added 23 May 2004