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Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Before applying its last corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles Division. Under those three names, the San Pedro yard built at least 130 ships from 1917 to 1989.
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Jan 4, 2024 · Suffice to say that Todd Pacific Shipyards, located on Harbor Island, "was an extremely active place all during the war" (Warren, 141). On November 4, 1944, when a destroyer christened Stormes slid down one of the shipways, it marked a record for a Seattle shipyard – 35 destroyers produced in five years.
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Although severe, the changes made between 1987 and the end of 1990 enabled Todd Shipyards to emerge from Chapter 11 in January 1991, ending the most dismal chapter in the company's history. Looking toward the future, there were some signs of promise to encourage hope in Seattle. Out of Chapter 11, Todd Shipyards was lean and in the black.
The yard ultimately completed 45 destroyers and converted or repaired 576 ships for war service. In June 1944, the Washington shipyards were renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. The Tacoma Division closed in 1952, and the Seattle Division continued at Harbor Island with ship building and repair operations for the next several decades.
Our Story. The Vigor we know today got its start in 1995 when Frank Foti purchased an ailing ship repair company known as Cascade General. Inspired by the passion and skill of second and third generation shipyard workers that called the company home, Mr. Foti set out on a journey to create a new kind of manufacturing company, values-driven and ...
