World War II Service
Fulmar carried out minesweeping operations out of Newport, Rhode Island, and from September 1941, out of Portland, Maine, until arriving at Miami, Florida, 21 September 1944. There she acted as target for motor torpedo boats undergoing training for the next year.
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