Vigor Shipyards
Vigor Shipyards was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation through the merger of Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York, the Tietjen & Long Dry Dock Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company. The Seattle shipyard could trace its history back to 1882, when Robert Moran opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf. This shop became the Moran Brothers Shipyard in 1906 and the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company at the end of 1911.
Vigor has performed building and maintenance work for, among others, the U.S. and Royal Australian Navies, the United States Coast Guard, and the Washington State Ferries. Its headquarters and operations are on Harbor Island at the mouth of Seattle's Duwamish Waterway.
The 105-foot (32 m)-long hull of Disneyland's Mark Twain Riverboat was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California in 1955.
In February 2011, Vigor Industrial purchased Todd for $130 million.[1] This included the Seattle, Everett and Bremerton operations.
[edit] Divisions
- Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. (47°35′10″N 122°21′25″W / 47.586°N 122.357°W)
- Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California. (33°45′11″N 118°16′48″W / 33.753°N 118.280°W) Formerly Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corporation, closed in 1989 following completion of its Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate contract and after failing to win an Arleigh Burke class destroyer contract.[2] Property is now part of the Port of Los Angeles, and has been completely converted into Berth 100 / West Basin Container Terminal.[3]
- San Francisco Division, Alameda, California. (37°47′N 122°17′W / 37.79°N 122.29°W) Opened 1901, by United Engineering Company, later named Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard, then Todd San Francisco Division, 1949. Now closed.[4] Documented by the Historic American Engineering Record as United Engineering Company Shipyard, survey HAER CA-295.
- Mostly used as a repair or conversion facility
[edit] References
- ^ "Vigor completes $130M purchase of Todd Shipyards". 15 February 2011. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/02/15/vigor-completes-130m-purchase-of-todd.html.
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org. Todd Los Angeles Division.
- ^ Port of Los Angeles. Container Facilities. Shows an aerial view of Berth 100, the former location of Todd - San Pedro.
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org. Todd San Francisco Division.
[edit] External links
- Homepage
- Todd Pacific Shipyards - FAS.org
- Todd Shipyard's Graving Dock Named to Seven to Save List
- Todd Shipyard's Graving Dock preservation efforts - Contains inks to historical background about Todd Shipyards Corporation.
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