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New York •
Todd Brooklyn. Todd Shipyard's first facility was acquired in 1916, in
Erie Basin in Brooklyn, New York, along the waterfront of the
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 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.
Los Angeles and San Francisco •
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division,
San Pedro, California, () 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
tankers and
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 tenders. 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 contract and after failing to win an contract. Property is now part of the
Port of Los Angeles, and has been completely converted into Berth 100 / West Basin Container Terminal. •
Todd Alameda (San Francisco Division),
Alameda, California. to the west of Webster Street (). Opened in 1940 by the
United Engineering Company. Mostly used as a repair or conversion facility, it was closed in 1956. The Bethlehem
Alameda Works Shipyard to the east of Webster Street was leased by Todd according to, but the Corps of Engineers survey 1953 claims it was owned and operated by Bethlehem. •
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 ships, 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 . 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: , , , and .
Puget Sound, Washington • 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 and 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. • Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co. of
Seattle, Washington () 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
Moran Brothers Company. For World War II the yard built 45 , , and 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 frigates,
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates,
Hamilton-class cutters. , the yard is owned and operated by Vigor. •
Todd Bremerton Shipyard in
Bremerton, Washington () is a satellite ship repair yard. Close to the
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Todd Bremerton Shipyard works on US Navy ships. •
Todd Everett Shipyard in 2008 Tood purchased Everett Shipyard, Inc. in
Everett, Washington (). 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.
Houston / Galveston , later Todd Houston (left), in 1944 • Todd
Galveston, Texas () opened in 1934. Todd took over the
Galveston Dry Dock & Construction on
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 ships. 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. •
Todd Houston Shipbuilding, in Houston, Texas, was an
emergency shipyard operated by Todd Shipbuilding Corp. and
Kaiser Corp. to build ships for World War II. The company was formally established on 6 January 1941. The yard was built at Irish Bend (a former island in the
Houston Ship Channel) . During the war Todd Houston employed 23,000 workers, built 208
Liberty ships 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. •
Todd Houston on the
Buffalo Bayou () was opened in 1949, when Todd took over the
Brown Shipbuilding's yard at Green's Bayou.
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. •
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 , 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. •
Oregon Shipbuilding Company of
Portland, Oregon () 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 Ships. 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 . •
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 , the site is now Chevron asphalt plant. •
Todd Mobile Drydock, Alabama. In 1936 this repair yard was leased to the nearby
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company and stripped. == Gallery ==