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Photo #  NH 102236:  Trawlers Foam, Ripple and Spray tied up, probably prior to their World War I Navy service


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Ripple (American Steam Trawler, 1910).
Served as USS Ripple (ID # 2439) in 1918-1919

Ripple, a 244 gross ton steam-powered fishing trawler built at Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1910, was purchased by the Imperial Russian Government in 1917 for use during World War I. However, the revolution in that country prevented her from leaving the United States and, in May 1918 she was chartered by the U.S. Navy. Placed in service in August 1918 as Ripple (ID # 2439), she operated as a minesweeper off New York City for the remainder of the conflict and for the first few months of the post-Armistice period. Ripple was returned to representatives of the Russian Government in February 1919.

This page features our only views of the trawler Ripple, which served in the U.S. Navy as Ripple (ID # 2439) in 1918-1919.


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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.

Online Image: 70KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 


Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds one other view of the trawler Ripple, showing her in port, probably prior to her U.S. Navy service.
This photograph was taken from off her port bow, with several other vessels nearby. It is mounted on the "SP" data card for Ripple (ID # 2439).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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