The ''Caroline Foote'' was an American merchant ship which was hired in [[1855]] by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] to carry a portion of his crew home to Russia while he remained temporarily in Japan. | The ''Caroline Foote'' was an American merchant ship which was hired in [[1855]] by [[Yevfimy Vasilyevich Putyatin]] to carry a portion of his crew home to Russia while he remained temporarily in Japan. |