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Parrott smiles with one hand on a dock rail and the other holding his Foss hard hat, a Foss tugboat is docked behind him.

Foss chief no stranger to adventure

July 18, 2016 Emily Reiter 1667 Views Carlile, family, Foss, foss shipyard, Kings Point, Maritime, merchant marine, naval academy, naval reserve station, pan am, portugal, sailor, Seattle, seattle university, TOTE Maritime

Seattle-native John Parrott’s maritime experience rooted in childhood at sea By Hilary Reeves When John Parrott was five years old, his parents decided to move the family from Seattle to Portugal. It was 1969. “My dad was working (as a