Todd Shipyards Corp. workers posing for a photograph at a job site, 1950

Ogawa 6-8-27a_2 In 1940, Todd Corp. acquired property on Harbor Island in order to create additional construction capacity designed to build destroyers. Built with $9 million from the Navy, it employed 17,000 people at its peak, while the repair yard employed another 5,500. After the World War II, T...

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Main Author: Ogawa, Elmer
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Boat & ship industry > Washington (State) > Seattle
Todd Shipyards Corporation
Todd
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/social/id/4660
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Summary:Ogawa 6-8-27a_2 In 1940, Todd Corp. acquired property on Harbor Island in order to create additional construction capacity designed to build destroyers. Built with $9 million from the Navy, it employed 17,000 people at its peak, while the repair yard employed another 5,500. After the World War II, Todd Corp. acquired the new facilities from the Navy and the combined yard remains in operation today. In 2011, Todd was acquired by Vigor Industrial, which also owns the US Barge yard in Portland and the former Alaska Ship & Dry Dock yard in Ketchikan, AK as well as several repair yards in the region.

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