The Seattle–Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation was an American shipbuilding company which built escort carriers, destroyers, cargo ships and auxiliaries for the United States Navy and merchant marine dur
Launch of USS Johnston (DD-557), 1943
Tacoma yard in 1945
Seattle yard in 1945
The repair yard in 1945
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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 sh
Seattle–Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
…on the West Coast and the largest producer of escort carriers of various classes (56) of any United States shipyard active during World War II. The William H. Todd Corporation, just having established itself in New York, acquired the Seattle Construction and Drydock Company (formerly the Moran Brothers shipyard) in the Seattle…
From bottom left: MV Spokane, USS Vandegrift (FFG-48), USS Halyburton (FFG-40), and USS Downes (FF-1070) at Todd Shipyards in Seattle, 1983
MV Chimacum under construction at Vigor Shipyards in 2016
The Erie Basin in 1945
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