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FINAL VOYAGE<br />
The Arthur <strong>Foss</strong>, foreground, and<br />
Marshall <strong>Foss</strong> towed the old guided missle<br />
cruiser Horne out of Richmond, Calif.,<br />
on June 26, handing it off to a Navy<br />
tug that took it to Hawaii to be used for<br />
target practice. Last February, <strong>Foss</strong> towed<br />
the ship from the Suisun Ready Reserve<br />
Fleet to Richmond to be prepared for<br />
scuttling. The Horne was built in San<br />
Francisco in 1962. The warship was<br />
deployed overseas 14 times, including trips<br />
to Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. The<br />
<strong>Foss</strong> representative on the ship during<br />
the tow from Richmond was Capt. Mike<br />
Peery. Captains of the Marshall <strong>Foss</strong> were<br />
Mike Wark and Steve Cushman, and<br />
Capt. Paul Sweeney was in command of<br />
the Arthur.<br />
Warren Smith<br />
SUCCESSFUL ROCKET<br />
DELIVERY<br />
These two Delta IV rockets are on the pier<br />
at Cape Canaveral after being carried to<br />
the facility by the <strong>Foss</strong> ship Delta Mariner<br />
from a Boeing factory in Decatur, Ala.<br />
Loading at the Alabama factory started on<br />
July 3 and the ship arrived at the Cape on<br />
July 12. The voyage marked the 15th rocket<br />
delivery by the 312-foot Delta Mariner since<br />
it went into service in 2000. It went off<br />
without a hitch,” said Dean White, Delta<br />
Mariner marine superintendent. The<br />
rockets are about 160 feet long, 16 feet in<br />
diameter and weigh about 70 tons each.<br />
The Delta Mariner is operated by <strong>Foss</strong><br />
subsidiary Gulf Caribe Maritime.<br />
<strong>September</strong>, <strong>2008</strong> • ALWAYS SAFE • <strong>Foss</strong> <strong>Tow</strong> <strong>Bitts</strong> • 17
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