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Foss Ninety Years of Towboating by Michael Skalley w/ dust jacket
Foss Ninety Years of Towboating by Michael Skalley
Foss
Ninety Years of Tugboating
Michael Skalley
Hard Cover w/Dust Jacket Dust jacket shows some wear
312 Pages
Copyright 1981
Contents
Acknowledgements 6
Commentary 7
Foreword 7
IntroductionThe Foss Company Founders 8
Section ITowing Becomes a Business For Foss
Tugs Acquired 1910-1919 31
Section IIFoss Service Permanently Established
Tugs Acquired 1920-1929 44
Section IIIOcean And Coastwise Towing Increases In
Importance-Tugs Acquired 1930-1939 83
Section IVThe War And Post-War Period -
Tugs Acquired 1940-1949 121
Section VOcean Tugs Extend Foss's Range of
Operations-Tugs Acquired 1950-1959 168
Section VIFoss Obtains Particular Tugs For Particular Jobs-Tugs Acquired 1960-1969 208
Section VIIFoss Reaches Tugboat Pre-Eminence -
Tugs Acquired 1970-1979 271
After Word 300
Index 305
DRAWINGS BY JAMES A. COLE
The FOSS NO. 9 at the St. Paul Mill, Tacoma 31
FOSS NO. 11, ROSEDALE, FOSS NO. 19, WINONA & FOSS NO. 21 at the Foss Pier,
City Waterway, Tacoma 44
The collision of the tugs ANDREW FOSS & MACLOUFA Yin Grenville Channel
British Columbia 53
IVER FOSS towing the Killer Whale, Namu, to Puget Sound from British Columbia 64
Towing a Lumber Schooner from a Puget Sound Sawmill 82
MATHILDA FOSS in the South Pacific 83
CHRIS FOSS Towing an Oil Barge in the San Juan Islands 120
WEDELL FOSS with a Railcar Barge in British Columbia 121
ELAINE FOSS Towing JERRY FOSS after Sale by Foss Co. to Alaska interests 167
BR YNN FOSS, SHANNON FOSS & CAROL FOSS 168
Stern Deck of the PHILLIPS FOSS Towing a Container Barge 206
Repowering of the ARTHUR FOSS & HENRY FOSS From Steam to Diesel 208
The PACIFIC & FOSS 291 Loading with Containers for Alaska212
JEFFREY FOSS Approaching Prudhoe Bay, Alaska 271
D -Boat Class Tugs Being Built at Albina Engine & Machine Works in Portland, Oregon 272
The Kort Nozzle Tug SHELLEY FOSS in Drydock 280
Inside Dust jacket
Andrew and Thea Foss came to America in the late 1800's with the conviction that success in any endeavor was dependent upon pride, perseverence and above all hard work. Using these basic ideals they were able to establish and maintain a rowboat rental business. Over the years that business progressed from "rowboats to towboats" and is now a driving force on the national and international maritime sceneFoss Launch and Tug Company. The evolution of the Foss Company goes hand in hand with the development of the Pacific Northwest.
Author Michael Skalley herein chronicles in text and photographs the Foss Company's Founders and its fleet decade by decade. Mr. Skalley's work is accented by the methodically researched pen and ink artistry of James A. Cole. With its wealth of technical data and unique illustrations, "Ninety Years of Towboating" is designed to satisfy the discerning maritime aficionado as well as the armchair sailor.
So then, ready fore and aft! You are invited to join us on an entertaining, informational journey with the Foss Launch and Tug Company. A journey spanning ninety years aboard over one hundred forty row, tug and towboats.
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