Thea Foss

Thea Foss was the real-life person on which the famed "Tugboat Annie" series was based.

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Thea came to the United States as a newly married immigrant from Norway. In 1889 she started the Foss Launch Company, which eventually became the Seattle-based Foss Marine Company, as of 2003 the largest tugboat company on the West Coast.

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Thea and Andrew Foss had three sons: Arthur, Weddell, and Henry. Henry became a civic leader in Tacoma, Washington.

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Thea Foss was the name given eventually to the USS Amber (PYc-6), which had served as a patrol vessel in World War II.

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