AH-WR-0422

Foss 75

Barge · United States · Lost Date not established · Lake Washington

A wartime wooden Maritime Commission barge later sold to the Foss Maritime Company, now a heavy-timbered wreck deep in Lake Washington.

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Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

Built in Portland, Oregon, in 1943 as BC-1936 under the U.S. Maritime Commission's wartime barge program, the vessel was one of many wooden tow barges intended to move coal and other bulk commodities. She was sold in 1946 to the Foss Maritime Company and renamed Foss 75. She later came to rest in Lake Washington, where her heavy ponderosa-style timber construction remains well preserved at about 150 feet of depth.

Vessel

Built: 1943
Builder: Not established
Yard: Portland, Oregon
Material: Wood
Length: Not established
Beam: Not established
Tonnage: Not established
Propulsion: None (towed barge)
Owners: United States Maritime Commission; later Foss Maritime Company

Loss

Date: Not established
Cause: Not established
Location: Lake Washington
Water: Lake Washington
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: Not established
Lives lost: Not established
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 150 ft
Condition: Constructed of heavy 12-inch by 12-inch timbers, noted as well preserved.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established