Histoire
This junior mineplanter was built in 1905 by U.S. Navy Shipyard (Puget Sound) in Bremerton, WA.
Notes historiques
In 1928 this vessel burned to the hull. On August 4, 1951 the Andrew Foss, under Captain Bill Erickson, sank in deepwater in Grenville Channel (135 miles south of Ketchikan AK). This vessel was towing a barge of ore concentrate from the Polaris-Taku mine to the smelter at Tacoma WA. This vessel was run down by the tug Macloufay with the loss of one life.
Propriétaires et capitaines
In 1905-1923 she was owned by the United States Army Quatermaster Corps.
In 1923-1951 she was owned by Foss Launch & Tug, Tacoma WA USA.
Signification du nom
The first Foss tug to be named for a family member, the founder of the company.
Reconstructions
In 1923 she was rebuilt as a tug by A.M. Hunt & Sons, Tacoma WA USA. In 1928 she was rebuilt.
Remotorisation
In 1928 repowered with a 450hp Western Enterprise diesel engine.
Références
- Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957) Pacific Tugboats Bonanza Books: New York NY
- Skalley, Michael (1986) Foss Ninety Years of Towboating (Revised Ed.) Superior Publishing Co., Burbank CA
- Merchant Vessels of the United States (1935)
- George Schneider (Email to Nauticapedia 04/04/2023)
