Tug boat Barbara Foss - a photo on Flickriver

            Perhaps my friends can tell which Barbara Foss the Salt Water People display on their website. My guess is '2'.

Barbara Foss (3) (tugboat)

The third BARBARA FOSS (4300 HP), a new and completely engine-automated tug, was built by the McDermott Shipyard Group in New Iberia, Louisiana for heavy-duty towing as part of the upgrading program to modernize the Foss ocean fleet. The tug is 120 feet long with a 34 feet beam. Upon acceptance by Foss, the BARBARA, under command of Captain Chuck Crawford, left Galveston, Texas for Seattle on July 5th, arriving three weeks later with no first-voyage miseries to report. The Barbara was put to work in three area of Foss interest, Alaska, Coastwise and Ocean work. Michael Skalley, The Barbara Foss (3) , Foss, ninety years of Towboating. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1981, p. 289.

Citation: Tacoma Public Library

Barbara Foss (2) (tugboat)

The Barbara Foss was built at the Barbee Marine Yard at Kennydale, Washington in 1944. She was 117 feet long with a beam of 28 feet. She began work for the Foss company after World War II having been employed by the Army Transport Service. On May 21, 1973 the Barbara was transferred to Dillingham Tug and Barge in Honolulu and in the summer of 1975 was given to the Navy to be used in target practice. Michael Skalley, The Barbara Foss (2 Foss, ninety years of towboating. Seattle: Superior, 1981. p. 146.

Citation: Tacoma Public Library

Barbara Foss. (1) (tugboat)

The Barbara Foss (1) was built as the tug WEGO in the John Nelson shipyard of Seattle in 1925. She was launched on September 25, 1925 and was sunk May 31, 1942 on the Port Angeles to Seattle route. The remains of the tug were not found. Michael Skalley. Foss. One hundred years of towboating, Seattle: Superior Publishing Company, 1981, p. 75.

Taken on: October 22, 2014

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