Foam (American Steam Trawler, 1910)

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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.

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