Tugboat DEBORAH FOSS
by James Williamson
Title
Tugboat DEBORAH FOSS
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Drawing - Pencil Drawing
Description
Tugboat DEBORAH FOSS 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 DEBORAH FOSS was built in 1965 by the Albina Machine and Engine Works of Portland, Oregon (Hull No. 377) as the DEBORAH FOSS for the FOSS Launch and Tug Company of Tacoma, Washington.
The tugboat was later sold to the American Navigation Company (AmNav) of San Francisco, California where she was renamed as the KELLY ANNE.
Mexican interests acquired the vessel in 2004 and her final whereabouts are unknown.
The vessel was powered by two Caterpillar diesel engines. She was a twin screw tug rated at 1,200 horsepower.
Vessel Name: DEBORAH FOSS
USCG Doc. No.: 298723
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted, Registry
Call Sign: WV7800
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 377
Ship Builder: ALBINA MACHINE & ENGINE WORKS
Year Built: 1965
Length: 66.7 feet
Hull Depth: 8 feet
Hull Breadth: 24 feet
Gross Tonnage: 98
Net Tonnage: 66
Previous Vessel Names: DEBORAH FOSS, KELLEY ANNE
Previous Vessel Owners: FOSS Launch & Tug Co.,
AmNav American Navigation Co., SORT WELL INC
Tugboats Today
Originally the tug's 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.
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July 31st, 2020
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