Ship Details

Henry Foss (I)

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Registry #1 077408 (US) Registry #2 LT.491 (U.S. Army) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1900 John Cudahy (I) Name 6
Name 2 1941 Henry Foss (I) Name 7
Name 3 1942 LT-491 (U.S.A.T.S.) Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1900 Place Ballard Area WA Country USA
 
Designer L.H. Coolidge Measurement (imp) 88.5' x 21.2' x 10.3'
Builder McAllister, E.H. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 107 Type 1 Cannery Tender
Registered Tonnage Type 2 Tug
Engine 259ihp steam engine (1900) Engine Manufacture Vulcan Gas Engine Works, Philadelphia PA
Repower Repowered with a 1000hp Enterprise diesel engine; Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign KFWG
Pendant  # LT.491 Masters Captain Warren Waterman (1959)
 
Owner(s)
In 1900 she was owned by Pacific American Fisheries, Bellingham WA USA. In 1903 she was owned by Gray's Harbour Stevedoring Co., Aberdeen WA USA. In 1919 she was acquired by the Merrill Ring Lumber Co., Pysht WA. In 1920 she was owned by the Pacific Tugboat Co., Aberdeen WA. In 1922 she was acquired by the Allman-Hubble Tugboat Co., Aberdeen WA. In 1934 she was acquired by the Knappton Towboat Co., Astoria OR USA. In 1941-1942 she was owned by Foss Launch and Tugboat Co., Tacoma WA. In 1942-1943 she was owned by the United States Army. In 1943-1959 she was owned by Foss Launch and Tugboat Co.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1959-02-13
 
Named Features
Significance of Name She was named for John Cudahy (1843-1915) a Director of the North American Transportation & Trading Co.
 
Anecdotes
Dave Bartle (British Columbia Nautical History Facebook Group 23/02/2019) states that "Friday 13 February 1959. In command of Capt. Warren Waterman the Henry Foss came to a "grinding and abrupt stop on a rock near Beaver Point on Salt Spring Island. There was a 50-knot gale blowing and the seas extremely rough. The Henry Foss overturned and sank in 150-ft of water, throwing all seven men into the cold and rough water of Swanson Channel." Two men were pulled from the water. The Chief Engineer survived the exposure but deckhand Richard Lothian died of exposure after reaching the hospital. The loss of the Henry Foss's six men was the most painful calamity in the Foss' long history of tug boating; the tug was not salvaged. Lost were: Capt. Warren Waterman; Chief Mate Lawrence Berg; Assistant Engineer, Martin Gullstein; Deckhand, Oswald H. Sorenson; Cook, Erick W. Danielson; Richard Lothian."
 
References
Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); A.C. (Fred) Rogers (2003) Historic Divers of British Columbia; List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Newell, G. (1966); Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957); https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211364606385731&set=p.10211364606385731&type=3&theater; Newell, Gordon & Joe Williamson (1957) Pacific Tugboats Bonanza Books: New York NY; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1910);
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