Tugboat ANNA FOSS
by James Williamson
Title
Tugboat ANNA FOSS
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Drawing - Pencil Drawinig
Description
Tugboat ANNA FOSS ex-VIGILANT drawing by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson ASMA,
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
Maritime Heritage Artwork portraying the lives invested, the youth, strength, talents, earnest steady effort and constant diligence of people over the decades that built and maintained our marine industry, business and traditions.
Tugboat ANNA FOSS was built in 1907 as a steam tug and was originally named the “Vigilant” by the Wallace Tugboat Company of Tacoma. After going through several owners, she was converted to diesel power by Cascade Tug and then purchased through bankruptcy in 1933 by Foss Towing and renamed the Anna Foss. After 35 years of faithful service, she was sold and anchored at her present location for conversion.
The Anna Foss sank on September 16, 1969, due to general neglect and is rapidly deteriorating. The 300 HP enterprise engine and several salvage pontoons can still be seen around the wreckage. With a depth of only 25’ and a site that is well protected from current.
The ANNA FOSS tugboat is a shore accessible saltwater dive site, located at Vashon Island, Washington.
Nestled in a quiet cove along the west side of Vashon Island, Mosshead Warbonnet peering out from beneath the wreck just north of Sandford Point in Colvos Passage lies the remains of the Anna Foss Tug. The wreck had once been visible at extremely low tides and is still visible when peering down from the surface, even in moderate visibility.
Tugboats Today
Originally the tugs' purpose was the towing of ocean sailing vessels to and from their intended docks. Today, mighty engines move ships, yet these ships continue to require assistance of these powerful and responsive tugboats in and out of docks throughout Puget Sound and around the world. The construction of today’s tugboats includes the most advanced functional designs, advanced electronic navigation and mighty engines combined with the finest able-bodied crews and skilled captains. ARGH! Lads! This is seafaring.
Vintage Pacific Coast Tugboats
Artwork dedicated to the men of the Pacific Coast’s fleet of working boats, and to the gallant vessels, which will forever live in our memory.
Classic Pacific Coast Tugboats: Gallant workboats with a history of nostalgic drama and color in tugboat operation on Pacific waters. Tugboats are a colorful and essential part of the Pacific Coast seascape today, just as they were a century ago.
Pushing their way through fierce storms to find a stricken ship a thousand miles at sea or sailing down a fairway on a summer afternoon with seagulls crying and catching rides on the boom of logs astern, tugboats are a colorful and essential part of the Pacific Northwest Coast today.
The hiss of steam and the creak of walking beams have given way to diesel and tractor power. Tugboats are a story of brave men in powerful vessels who are not afraid to take on a mighty ocean. A history of hard-hitting sea adventures of the great ships of sail and steam alike.
Tugboats on Puget Sound
Tug boating started on Puget Sound as a means of getting trees to the mills. The ‘timber barons’ of the nineteenth century built their sawmills on tidewater, rigged with miles of virgin forests. Steam tugs towed the log rafts to the mills.
Sailing ships came to Puget Sound from all ports of the world. Tugboats and cargo navigated waters around the Horn from Europe and East Coast ports, across the Pacific from the Orient and the Antipodes, and up the West Coast from the booming towns of California.
Maritime Heritage
The tale of tugboats, the tough, powerful workboats that assisted ocean-going square-rigged tall ships, schooners and grand passenger steamers in and out of harbors and performed many other marine support duties, complements our maritime heritage. Tugboats are workhorses of the maritime industry, distinctly designed workboats with colorful captains and intrepid crews.
This proud heritage is a significant, honored part of the Pacific Northwest and Washington State’s Puget Sound and Pacific coast nautical history.
Tugboats are a fairly recent phenomenon in maritime history, having been introduced in the early 19th century.
This artwork seeks to honor and recognize individuals, designers and builders, tugboats, tugboat companies, and port cities that created this maritime heritage.
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July 22nd, 2020
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