Tugboat Information

WEDELL FOSS (1904)

Pictured as: the Neptune (Puget Sound Tugboat Company) Photo by: P.S.M.H.S.

Built in 1904, by the Spedden Shipbuilding Company of Baltimore, Maryland as the passenger steamship R.M. Woodward for the United States Public Health Service.

In 1937, she was acquired by the Puget Sound Tug and Barge Company of Seattle, Washington. Where she was converted to service as towing vessel. And she was renamed as the Neptune.

In 1946, the tug was acquired by the Foss Launch and Tug Company of Tacoma, Washington. Where she was renamed as Wedell Foss.

In 1980, she was sold, and renamed as the Maggie F. She eventually sank at her mooring on the Carquinez Strait at Crockett, California. And, was not salvaged.

The tug was powered by single, sixteen cylinder, General Motors diesel engine.
(Kyle Stubbs)

Vessel Name: WEDELL FOSS (1904)
USCG Doc. No.: 200713
Vessel Service: TOWING VESSEL
IMO Number: 5387207
Trade Indicator: Coastwise Unrestricted
Call Sign: WB4363
Hull Material: STEEL
Hull Number: 212
Ship Builder: SPEDDEN SHIPBUILDING
Year Built: 1904
Length: 108.6
Hailing Port: SEATTLE, WA.

Hull Depth: 23.1
Hull Breadth: 34
Gross Tonnage: 196
Net Tonnage: 103
Previous Vessel Names:
R. M. Woodward, Neptune, Wedell Foss, Maggie F.
Previous Vessel Owners:
United States Public Health Service, Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co., Foss Tug and Launch Co.

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