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{{Short description|American shipbuilding and ship repair company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name             = Todd Shipyards Corporation
| logo             = Todd-pacific-shipyards-logo.jpg
| logo_caption     = Todd's logo in 2011
| former_name      = William H. Todd Corporation
| predecessor      = 
| founder          = [[William H. Todd]]
| foundation       = 1916
| industry         = {{ubl|[[Shipbuilding]]|[[Ship repair]]}}
| locations        = 
| subsid           = Todd Pacific Shipyards ([[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division|Seattle Division]], [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Los Angeles Division]])
| divisions        = 
| defunct          = 2011
| fate             = Acquired by [[Vigor Industrial]]
| successor        = Vigor Shipyards
| parent           = 
| website          = 
}}

The '''Todd Shipyards Corporation''', commonly known as '''Todd Shipyards''', was an American [[shipbuilding]] and [[ship repair]] company. Founded in 1916 as the '''William H. Todd Corporation''', the company produced many ships during [[World War I]] and was a major part of the [[Emergency Shipbuilding Program]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddseattle.htm |title=Todd Seattle Moran Seattle Dry Dock Vigor Industrial |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref> At its peak, the company owned and operated shipyards on the [[West Coast of the United States]], [[East Coast of the United States]], and the [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf]].

In the post-war years, Todd Shipyards performed building and maintenance work for, among others, the [[United States Navy]] and [[Royal Australian Navy]], the [[United States Coast Guard]], and the [[Washington State Ferries]]. The company filed for bankruptcy in 1987 after years of financial struggles. It resumed operations in 1991 as the '''Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation''' after closing all locations except for its [[Seattle]] shipyard.{{efn|The Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was originally created as a subsidiary of the Todd Shipyards Corporation in 1977, combining the company's divisions in Seattle and Los Angeles.<ref name="Long-Range Facilities Plan" /><ref name="MOHAI" />}}

The company continued more limited operations in the [[Puget Sound]] region until it was acquired by [[Vigor Industrial]] in 2011. Todd Shipyards became a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor and operated under the name '''Vigor Shipyards''' for a number of years.

== History ==
[[File:USS Halyburton FFG-40 under construction.jpg|thumb|From bottom left: {{MV|Spokane}}, {{USS|Vandegrift|FFG-48}}, {{USS|Halyburton|FFG-40}}, and {{USS|Downes|FF-1070}} at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, 1983]]
[[File:MV Chimacum under construction, May 2016.jpg|thumb|{{MV|Chimacum}} under construction at Vigor Shipyards in 2016]]
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=== Early history ===
{{see also|Erie Basin dry dock#History}}
Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation when properties of the Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company of [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], were bought in 1916 by a syndicate headed by Bertron Griscom & Company of New York and placed under management of [[William H. Todd]], president of the [[Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company]] in [[Brooklyn, New York]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=July 1916 |title=Shipyard News |journal=International Marine Engineering |volume=21 |issue=July 1916 |page=349 |location=New York/London |publisher=Aldrich Publishing Co. |doi= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4pIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA349 |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref> That acquisition was followed by acquisition of the Tebo Yacht Basin, Brooklyn, and the [[Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company]].<ref>{{cite journal |date=October 1916 |title=Shipyard News |journal=International Marine Engineering |volume=21 |issue=October 1916 |page=476 |location=New York/London |publisher=Aldrich Publishing Co. |doi= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h4pIAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA476 |access-date=27 October 2021}}</ref>

=== World War II ===
From 1940 to 1945, during World War II, Todd Shipyards built or repaired 23,000 ships in many shipyards with 57,000 workers. Todd ranked [[Arsenal of Democracy#United States armament manufacturers|26th]] among United States corporations in the value of World War II production contracts.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peck |first1=Merton J |author-link2=Frederic M. Scherer |last2=Scherer |first2=Frederic M |title=The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis |year=1962 |publisher=[[Harvard Business School]] |page=619}}</ref>{{sfn|Herman|2012|pp=121, 124, 133, 137, 202}}

=== Post-war development ===
In October 1977, the company created the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary by combining its [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division|Seattle Division]] and [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division|Los Angeles Division]].<ref name="Long-Range Facilities Plan">{{cite report |title=Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Los Angeles Division: Long-Range Facilities – Plan. Contract MA-8O-SAC-O1O29 |date=July 31, 1981 |page=III-2 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA451948.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=September 26, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250202022818/https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA451948.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2025 |via=[[Defense Technical Information Center]]}}</ref><ref name="MOHAI">{{cite web |title=Aerial view looking northeasterly, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp, Seattle Division, 1977 |location=Seattle |publisher=[[Museum of History & Industry]] |url=https://mohai.org/collections-and-research/search/item/2023.36/-%23.70/ |access-date=September 26, 2025}}</ref>

The Todd Shipyards Corporation was impacted by the [[1983 Pacific Coast Metal Trades Union strike]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Around the Nation; 9 West Coast Shipyards Closed in Labor Dispute |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=The New York Times |date=July 27, 1983 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/27/us/around-the-nation-9-west-coast-shipyards-closed-in-labor-dispute.html |access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Todd Shipyards filed for [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] in 1987. The company came out of Chapter 11 protection in 1991 as the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation after having shuttered all of its locations except for its shipyard in Seattle.<ref name="FundingUniverse">{{Cite book |entry=History of Todd Shipyards Corporation |title=International Directory of Company Histories |volume=14 |publisher=[[St. James Press]] |year=1996 |via=[[FundingUniverse]] |entry-url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/todd-shipyards-corporation-history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021050558/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/todd-shipyards-corporation-history/ |archive-date=2012-10-21 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1995 Todd branched out and started a radio subsidiary company called Elettra Broadcasting Corporation. Elettra Broadcasting operated three FM radio stations in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California|Carmel]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2005/05/30/focus8.html |title=Todd Shipyards still building after nearly 90 years |first1=Steve |last1=Wilhelm |date=May 29, 2005 |newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal}}</ref>

=== Acquisition by Vigor Industrial ===
In February 2011, [[Vigor Industrial]] purchased Todd Shipyards for US$130 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/02/15/vigor-completes-130m-purchase-of-todd.html |title=Vigor completes $130M purchase of Todd Shipyards |date=15 February 2011 |newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal}}</ref> This included Todd's shipyards in Seattle, [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], and [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vigorindustrial.com/companies |title=Companies |publisher=Vigor Industrial |access-date=2013-06-06 |archive-date=2013-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426064833/http://vigorindustrial.com/companies |url-status=dead}}</ref> The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor and began operating as Vigor Shipyards after the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor Industrial completes acquisition of Todd Shipyards |website=MarineLog |date=February 16, 2011 |url=https://www.marinelog.com/news/vigor-industrial-completes-acquisition-of-todd-shipyards/ |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

==Todd Shipyards locations==
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* [[#Brooklyn]]
* [[#Hoboken]]
* [[#Alameda]]
* [[#Galveston]]
* [[#Houston Irish Bend]]
* [[#Houston Green Bayou]]
* [[#Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company]]
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===New York===
[[File:03-4-4 Todd-Erie-25.jpg|thumb|The Erie Basin in 1945]]
{{anchor|Brooklyn}}
{{anchor|Hoboken}}
{{anchor|Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company}}

*'''Todd Brooklyn'''. Todd Shipyard's first facility was acquired in 1916, in [[Erie Basin, Brooklyn|Erie Basin]] in Brooklyn, New York, along the waterfront of the [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]] neighborhood. As background, [[Erie Basin dry dock]] was the first [[graving dock]] in the United States, built at the site in 1866. J. N. Robins Company acquired it in 1869, then merged with Erie Basin Dry Dock Company, started by Delamater Iron Works, and was renamed the Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company. [[William H. Todd]] had worked for both Erie Basin Dry Dock and Robins Dry Dock. In 1916, Todd and some of his associates purchased Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company, the Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Company of [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]] in [[Weehawken Cove]], the [[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company]] on the West Coast, the Tebo Yacht Basin Company, and the [[Gowanus shipyard]] in Brooklyn. The Erie Basin yard was sold in 1986 to Rodermond Industries, which closed in the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/todd.htm |title=Todd Shipyards, Robins Dry Dock |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=International Marine Engineering |url=https://archive.org/details/internationalma211916newy/page/476/mode/1up |date=October 1916 |title=Shipyard News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Todd to Shut Hoboken Shipyard And Shift the Work to Brooklyn |newspaper=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/02/24/101529175.html?action=click&contentCollection=Archives&module=ArticleEndCTA&region=ArchiveBody&pgtype=article |access-date=January 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd Shipyards Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151128032502/https://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Todd+Shipyards+Corporation |archive-date=2015-11-28 |url=https://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/bysearchterm?keyword=Todd+Shipyards+Corporation |work=hoboken.pastperfectonline.com}}</ref><ref name="FundingUniverse" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2393072/article-The-days-of-factories-and-shipbuilding-Catching-a-glimpse-of-Hoboken-s-industrial-past |title=Hudson Reporter - The days of factories and shipbuilding Catching a glimpse of Hoboken s industrial past |website=www.hudsonreporter.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616205314/http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/2393072/article-The-days-of-factories-and-shipbuilding-Catching-a-glimpse-of-Hoboken-s-industrial-past |archive-date=2010-06-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/sullivan.htm |title=Sullivan Dry Dock |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

* For the [[United States Navy]]:
** 9 of 49 {{sclass|Lapwing|minesweeper}}s (1918 - 1919, in the Tebo Yacht Basin,<ref name="me_1918_10_608">{{cite magazine |magazine=International Marine Engineering |url=https://archive.org/details/internationalma231918newy/page/608/mode/1up |date=October 1918 |page=608 |title=Recent Launchings}}</ref> no more than three built concurrently)
*** {{USS|Lapwing|AM-1|3}} ... {{USS|Swallow|AM-4|3}}, {{USS|Sanderling|AM-37|3}} ... {{USS|Gannet|AM-41|3}}
** conversion Robins DD<ref name="google.com">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5AMjMdPKXkC |page=247 |title=Navy Department Appropriation Bill for 1942 |date=1941 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref>
*** {{USS|Boreas|AF-8|3}} (1941)
*** {{USS|Wharton|AP-7|3}} (1940)
*** {{USS|Griffin|AS-13|3}} (ca. 1941)
**** See also: [[Two-Ocean Navy Act#AUX ANV]]
** conversion Tietjen and Lang<ref name="google.com"/>
*** {{USS|Laramie|AO-16|3}} (1940)
*** {{USS|Barnett|AP-11|3}} (1940)
*** {{USS|Harry Lee|AP-17|3}} (1940)
*** {{USS|Polaris|AF-11|3}}
*** {{USS|Hugh L. Scott|AP-43|3}}
** conversion (unspecified) of<ref>grep (Todd + Brooklyn) through NavSource</ref>
*** {{USS|Appalachian|AGC-1|3}} (1943)
*** {{USS|Chilton|APA-38|3}} (1943)
*** {{USS|Bull|APD-78|3}} (1944)
*** {{USS|Lamar|APA-47|3}} (1944)
*** {{USS|Aegir|AS-23|3}} (1944)
*** {{USS|Vermilion|AKA-107|3}} (1945)
*** {{USS|Benevolence|AH-13|3}} (1945)
*** {{USS|Haven|AH-12|3}} (1945)
*** [[USAHS Frances Y. Slanger]] (1945)
*** {{USS|Goshen|APA-108|3}} converted back to merchant (1947)
*** {{USS|Regulus|AF-57|3}} (1953)

===Los Angeles and San Francisco===
[[File:Todd Pacific Shipyards VP 1981.jpg|thumb|Vice President of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, Hans K. Schaefer, speaks during christening and launching ceremonies for the guided missile frigate {{USS|Reid|FFG-30}} at the Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Los Angeles Division, in 1981]]
{{anchor|Los Angeles}}

* [[Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division]], [[San Pedro, California]], ({{coord|33.753|N|118.280|W|region:US}}) was formerly Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Corporation, opened in 1917 and closed in 1989. From 1918 to 1924 Los Angeles Shipbuilding built cargo ships for the [[United States Shipping Board]]. In the 1920 and 1930 Los Angeles Shipbuilding built [[Tanker (ship)|tankers]] and [[Ferry|ferries]]. For [[World War II]] they yard built the [[USS Ajax (AR-6)]], [[USS Hector (AR-7)]], [[USS Jason (AR-8)]], [[Seaplane tender]] and [[Klondike-class destroyer tender]]s. Post war the yard was sold to Todd. Todd built [[Allende-class frigate]] at the site and in Seattle, also built were [[Shenandoah-class destroyer tender]] and [[Leahy-class cruiser]]. The yard closed was following completion of its {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate}} contract and after failing to win an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} contract.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd Los Angeles Division |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/san-pedro-todd.htm |access-date=2012-07-15 |website=[[GlobalSecurity.org]]}}</ref> Property is now part of the [[Port of Los Angeles]], and has been completely converted into Berth 100 / West Basin Container Terminal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Container Facilities |url=http://www.portoflosangeles.org/facilities/container.asp |publisher=[[Port of Los Angeles]]}}—Shows an aerial view of Berth 100, the former location of Todd - San Pedro.</ref>

{{anchor|Alameda}}

* '''Todd Alameda''' (San Francisco Division), [[Alameda, California]]. to the west of Webster Street ({{coord|37.79057|-122.28812|display=inline}}).<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cf0KfehwQ0C |title=Port Series |year=1953 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> Opened in 1940 by the [[United Engineering Company]]. Mostly used as a repair or conversion facility, it was closed in 1956.{{sfn|Herman|2012|pp=124, 178}} The Bethlehem [[Alameda Works Shipyard]] to the east of Webster Street was leased by Todd according to,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd San Francisco Division |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/alameda-todd.htm |access-date=2012-07-15 |website=GlobalSecurity.org}}</ref> but the Corps of Engineers survey 1953 claims it was owned and operated by Bethlehem.
*[[Richmond Shipyards#Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard|Richmond shipyard No. 1]] was a new shipyard built to support the demand for ships for World War 2. Kaiser purchased the contact and the Richmond yard to build type [[Ocean ship]] from the Todd Shipyards in 1940. Todd then Kaiser built yard No. 1 to build the Ocean ships. Yard No. 1 was built on unoccupied land with construction starting in December 1940. In April 1941 the keel for the first British bound Ocean ship was laid. The next series of ships built were Liberty ships, with the first keel laid on May 15, 1942. Needing faster cargo ships the next series of ships built were [[Victory ship]]s, with the first keel laid on January 17, 1944. After the war, in 1946, the yard closed. Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard was at 700 Wright Ave, Richmond on the Parr Canal. The site now has general docks for construction supplies. Located at GPS {{coord|37.920887|N|122.362920|W|}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kaiser Permanente No. 1 |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kperm1.htm |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Richmond Shipyards |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/richmond-ca.htm |access-date=2021-02-11 |website=GlobalSecurity.org}}</ref> Built at Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard:* Ocean ship, 30 cargo ships, 7,174 GRT. (sometimes credited to Todd Shipyards Corporation), * Liberty ship, 138 model EC2-S-C1 ships, 7,176 GRT., * [[Victory ship]], 82 Model VC2-S-AP3 ships, 7,612 GRT.,Notable ships: {{SS|Ocean Victory||2}}, {{SS|Ocean Vigour||2}}, {{SS|Chief Ouray||2}}, {{SS|Logan Victory||2}} and {{SS|Northeastern Victory||2}}.

===Puget Sound, Washington===

{{see also|Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation}}

*Todd Tacoma Division, [[Commencement Bay]], [[Tacoma, Washington]] opened in 1917 to build [[Design 1014 ship]] ships for the United States Shipping Board. It operated as part of Todd Dry Dock & Construction until shut down after World War I in 1924. The yard reopened in partnership with [[Kaiser Shipbuilding]] in 1939 as [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation]]. The yard built 56 {{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|5}} and {{sclass|Commencement Bay|escort carrier}}s and various auxiliaries. In 1942 Todd bought out Kaiser's share and the yard eventually became part of Todd Pacific Shipyards. Sold to the Navy after World War II, further sold to the Port of Tacoma in 1959. The site today is the Commencement Bay Industrial Development District.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd Tacoma Todd Dry Dock Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddtacoma.htm |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>
* Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co. of [[Seattle, Washington]] ({{coord|47.586|N|122.357|W|region:US}}) was started in 1916 when Todd bought Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. Ltd. was in the past Seattle Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Company started by Robert Moran and his brothers as ship repair shop in Seattle in 1882. The yard was destroyed by fire in 1889 and then rebuilt as [[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company|Moran Brothers Company]].  For World War II the yard built 45 {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer|5}}, {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|5}}, {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer|5}} and {{sclass|Gearing|destroyer}}s under the name [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation]]. After the war the yard was renamed '''Todd Shipyards Corp., Seattle Division'''. For the US Navy built [[Charles F. Adams-class destroyer]], [[Knox-class frigate]]s, [[Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate]]s, [[Hamilton-class cutter]]s. The yard is now owned and operated by Vigor.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/skinnereddy.htm |title=Skinner & Eddy |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

{{anchor|Bremerton}}

*'''Todd Bremerton Shipyard''' in [[Bremerton, Washington]] ({{coord|47.561788|N|122.635875|W|region:US}}) is a satellite ship repair yard. Close to the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard]]. Todd Bremerton Shipyard works on US Navy ships.<ref>{{Cite news |author=J. Martin McOmber |title=Todd Pacific Shipyards lands deal to work on Navy aircraft carriers |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=April 2, 2004 |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20040402&slug=todd02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98537/000119312511006861/dex991.htm |title=Joint Press Release Issued by Todd Shipyards and Vigor Industrial LLC |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/httpwww-worldmaritimenews-comarticleshipbuilding4323todd-shipyards-gets-5-2m-navy-contract-for-bremerton/ |title=Todd Shipyards gets $5.2M Navy contract for Bremerton |date=July 10, 2006 |website=Offshore Energy}}</ref>

{{anchor|Everett}}

*'''Todd Everett Shipyard''' in 2008 Tood purchased Everett Shipyard, Inc. in [[Everett, Washington]] ({{coord|47.989347|N|122.219381|W|region:US}}). The site, '''Everett Ship Repair & Drydock, Inc.''', will continue ship repair work. Since 1960, the yard has served the [[Washington State Ferries]] and the United States Navy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://everettshiprepair.com/ |title=Home |website=everettshiprepair.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98537/000009853708000002/pressrelesyacq012208.htm |title=Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation Announces U |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/states-top-shipbuilder-buys-everett-shipyard/ |title=State's top shipbuilder buys Everett Shipyard |date=January 21, 2008 |website=HeraldNet.com}}</ref>

===Houston / Galveston===
[[File:08-2-2b Houston-SB-25-not-Brown.jpg|thumb|Houston shipyard (right) and [[Brown Shipbuilding]], later Todd Houston (left), in 1944]]

{{anchor|Galveston}}

*Todd [[Galveston, Texas]] ({{coord|29.3154|N|94.794|W|region:US}}) opened in 1934. Todd took over the '''Galveston Dry Dock & Construction''' on [[Pelican Island (Texas)|Pelican Island]]. In 1943 Todd took over the yard next door,  '''Gray's Iron Works''' and renamed the yards '''Todd Galveston Drydocks, Inc.'''.  For World War II the yard built T1 Tankers [[T1-M-A1]]. Post-war they built three ferries for Texas. In 1949 Todd moved the main operation to the '''Brown Shipbuilding yard''' in [[Houston]] that they had leased. The Pelican Island Galveston yard was used only for ship repair and in 1965 also started tanker conversions, as '''Todd Shipyards Corporation, Galveston Division'''. Todd Galveston built [[Type C6 ship]]s. Todd Galveston yard went into Chapter 11 and closed in 1990. The yard was sold. The yard had two Panamax floating dry-docks that were moved to the Alabama Shipyard and Bender Shipbuilding. In 1993, the remainder of Todd Galveston on Pelican Island was sold to the [[Port of Galveston]]. It is now part of Newpark Marine, Gulf Copper runs an offshore repair yard there. Southwest Shipyard now operates a shipyard at the side.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddgalveston.htm |title=Todd Galveston |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/brown.htm |title=Brown Shipbuilding}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/southwest.htm |title=Southwest Shipyard |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

{{anchor|Houston Irish Bend}}

*'''Todd Houston Shipbuilding''', in Houston, Texas, was an [[Emergency Shipbuilding Program|emergency shipyard]] operated by Todd Shipbuilding Corp. and [[Kaiser Shipyards|Kaiser Corp.]] to build ships for World War II. The company was formally established on 6 January 1941.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxUoAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA497 |title=Investigation of Shipyard Profits |year=1946 |pages=497 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref> The yard was built at Irish Bend (a former island in the [[Houston Ship Channel]]) {{coord|29.743268|N|95.179876|W|dim:1000}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/cochrane/shipyards/8th-ND.htm |title=Bureau of Ships, Aerial Photographs of U.S. Shipyards, 1943-1945}}</ref> During the war Todd Houston employed 23,000 workers, built 208 [[Liberty ship]]s and 14 [[T1-M-BT2]] tankers. In 1946, after the war the yard closed. In 1949 the Brown Shipbuilding yard in Houston, now Todd's, became known as Todd Houston.<ref name="todd">{{Cite web |url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/toddhouston.htm |title=Todd Houston Shipbuilding |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

{{anchor|Houston Green Bayou}}

*'''Todd Houston''' on the [[Buffalo Bayou]] ({{coord|29.7483|N|95.177|W|region:US}}) was opened in 1949, when Todd took over the [[Brown Shipbuilding]]'s yard at Green's Bayou.<ref name="auto1"/> Todd ran the yard as a [[barge]] construction and repair shop. Todd closed the operation in 1987 selling to Platzer Shipyard. The yard returned to Brown, which renamed it Brown & Root, a construction facility for the [[offshore drilling]] industry, which closed in 2004. The site is now the Brown Shipbuilding Industrial.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddhouston.htm |title=Todd Houston |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>

===Other===

*'''Todd New Orleans''', in 1934 Todd joined with Johnson Iron Works in [[New Orleans]] to build and repair shipyard called '''Todd-Johnson Dry Docks'''. Todd took over the yard and in 1987 sold the yard to [[Port of New Orleans]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/johnsonironworks.htm |title=Johnson Iron Works}}</ref>
*'''[[Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Corporation]]''' at [[South Portland, Maine]] opened in 1940 as an emergency shipyards to build Ocean class cargo ships for Britain. At the two yards {{coord|43.653027|N|70.238267|W|}}, they built Liberty ships, closing after the war. The corporation was renamed New England Shipbuilding in 1943 after Kaiser sold its shares in the corporation. Durning the war New England Shipbuilding employed 30,000 workers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/newengland.htm |title=New England Shipbuilding |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>
*'''[[Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation|Oregon Shipbuilding Company]]''' of [[Portland, Oregon]] ({{coord|45.6312|N|122.7838|W|region:US}}) opened as a World War II emergency yard by Todd and Kaiser. Built in 1941 it opened with 8 shipways, with the high demand for ships it grew to 8 shipways. Soon after the shipyard opened Kaiser bought out Todd share in the shipyard. The yard built Liberty ships and [[Victory ship|Victory Ship]]s. The yard closed after the war.
* '''Todd Charleston''', from 1946 to 1949 Todd operated for the US Navy the [[Charleston Dry Dock & Machine Company]] as repair yard. The yard was located in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], on the [[Cooper River (South Carolina)|Cooper River]] {{coord|32.788711|N|79.924533|W|display=inline}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/charleston.htm |title=Charleston Shipbuilding |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>
*'''New Jersey Shipbuilding Company''', at the US Navy's request for World War II Todd took over New Jersey Shipbuilding to build LCI. Landing Craft LCI(L) in 1942, the yard closed after the war. The yard was in [[Perth Amboy, New Jersey]] {{coord|40.53469|N|74.25446|W|}}, the site is now Chevron asphalt plant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencysmall/newjersey.htm |title=New Jersey Shipbuilding |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |access-date=September 10, 2025}}</ref>
*'''Todd [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] Drydock''', Alabama. In 1936 this repair yard was leased to the nearby [[Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company]] and stripped.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.shipscribe.com/cochrane/shipyards/8th-ND.htm |title=Eighth Naval District (Cochrane Collection)}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
{{Gallery
|File:Todd-Erie-Basin-Women-War-Workers.jpg|''Women welders on the way to their job at the Todd Erie Basin dry dock'', circa 1943
|File:Alfred T. Palmer bolt cutting.jpg|''Martha Bryant and Eulalie Hampden operating a bolt cutting machine — World War II home front'', Todd Shipyards, Pennsylvania, 1943<ref>{{cite web |last1=Palmer |first1=Alfred T. |title=Martha Bryant and Eulalie Hampden operating a bolt cutting machine |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/2017872125 |website=catalog.loc.gov}}</ref>
|File:Todd-Drill-Press-Operator.jpg|''Drill press operator in a Todd Shipyards machine shop'', circa 1943
|File:Todd-Band-Saw-Operator.jpg|''Band saw operator cutting metal pipe in a Todd Shipyards machine shop'', circa 1943
}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |last=Herman |first=Arthur |title=Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II |location=New York |publisher=Random House |year=2012 |ISBN=978-1-4000-6964-4}}
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==Further reading==
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* {{cite book |last=Mitchell |first=C. Bradford |last2=Linen |first2=Edwin K. |title=Every Kind of Shipwork: A History of Todd Shipyards Corporation, 1916–1981 |location=New York |publisher=Todd Shipyards |year=1981 |oclc=9324781}}
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==External links==
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* {{webarchive |title=ToddPacific.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111103457/http://www.toddpacific.com/ |date=January 11, 2011}}
* [https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv617157 Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards, circa 1905–1985] at [[Archives West]]
* [https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility//todd.htm Todd Shipyards] at [[GlobalSecurity.org]]
* [https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98537/000009853707000018/form10kfy07.htm Todd Shipyards Corporation Form 10-K] from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission

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