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Vigor Shipyards is the current entity operating the former Todd Shipyards after its acquisition in 2011. Todd Shipyards was founded in 1916, which owned and operated shipyards on the West Coast of the United States , East Coast of the United States and the Gulf . Todd Shipyards were a major part of the Emergency Shipbuilding Program for World War II .

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22-560: In February 2011, Vigor Industrial purchased Todd for US$ 130 million. This included the Seattle, Everett and Bremerton operations. Today, Vigor Shipyards is a government repair subsidiary of Vigor Industrial. Originally, the Coast Guard wanted to acquire 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPC) and spend about $ 8 billion for them. In April 2013, it was reported that Vigor proposed an Ulstein X-bow hull in

44-666: A $ 1 billion contract to produce U.S. Army landing craft, the largest contract in its history. The company selected Vancouver, Washington as the production site for the vessels. In July 2019, The Carlyle Group and Stellex Capital Management agreed to acquire and merge Vigor Industrial with MHI Holdings LLC . Vigor Industrial has several subsidiary companies which each focus on different specialties: Vigor Industrial has five Washington locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Bremerton and Port Angeles. They also have locations in Portland, Oregon and Ketchikan, Alaska. The seven facilities have

66-555: A combined total of 10 drydocks and more than 17,000 feet in pier space and detailed in the table below. Swan Island Industrial Park Swan Island is located on the Willamette River about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) downriver from downtown Portland, Oregon , United States. Although presently connected to the Willamette's east bank by land fill , it existed as a river island under natural conditions. Swan Island and

88-484: A freight terminal site, but decided to construct an airport on the island to speed up the distribution of air mail to the city. Portland did not have an airport at the time, and air mail was instead flown to Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington , about 10 miles (16 km) distant. A causeway connecting Swan Island to the Willamette's east bank was constructed in conjunction with the airport. Approximately 65 percent of

110-459: A nearby bar posed an obstacle to river traffic during the 19th and early 20th centuries, with vessels being restricted to a narrow channel on the island's east side. Proposals on how to improve navigation around the island included widening one of its channels or removing the island completely. Swan Island was acquired by the Port of Portland in 1921. The Port undertook dredging to expand the channel on

132-598: A rivet catcher at Todd Shipyard in Hoboken, New Jersey. From 1940 to 1945, during World War II, Todd Shipyards built or repaired 23,000 ships in many shipyards with 57,000 workers. Todd Shipyards came out of Chapter 11 protection in 1991, and continues shipyard on the west coast. In 1995 Todd branched out and started a radio subsidiary company called Elettra Broadcasting Corporation. Elettra Broadcasting operated three FM radio stations in Carmel . Vigor currently operates four shipyards, in

154-577: A total of 8 shipways and began production in July 1942. The shipyard was one of four in the U.S. specifically designed to produce T2 tankers , producing 153 by the end of the war. Kaiser's dry dock and ship repair facilities were acquired by the Port of Portland in 1948. There had been some dispute about whether Swan Island should continue to be used as an industrial area or re-appropriated for aviation purposes. Oregon voters approved an $ 84 million bond to expand

176-548: The Pacific Northwest : Vigor Industrial Vigor Industrial ( Vigor ) is an American shipbuilding , shiprepair , and industrial service provider in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska . Based in Portland, Oregon , the company consists of several subsidiary companies for a combined total of seven facilities with ten drydocks , more than 17,000 feet of pier space, and over 2,000 employees. In

198-809: The Port of Portland shipyard. With funding from the then-publicly traded Cammell Laird PLC in the UK, Transamerica Capital and Heller Capital, the Swan Island facility was purchased from the port in 2000 and the name Vigor Industrial was established. In 2002, Vigor Industrial expanded operations to Port Angeles, WA with its subsidiary Washington Marine Repair. In 2010, purchased Marine Industries Northwest (MINI) in Tacoma, WA. In 2011 they purchased Todd Pacific's operations in Seattle, Bremerton, and Everett. In 2012 they acquired Alaska Ship & Drydock in Ketchikan, Alaska. In May 2014,

220-688: The U.S. and Royal Australian Navies, the United States Coast Guard , and the Washington State Ferries . Its headquarters and operations are on Harbor Island at the mouth of Seattle 's Duwamish Waterway . Todd ranked 26th among United States corporations in the value of World War II production contracts. The 105-foot-long (32 m) hull of Disneyland's Mark Twain riverboat was built at Todd Shipyards in San Pedro, California, in 1955. Frank Sinatra worked after high school as

242-722: The Northwest the company history goes back nearly 100 years, with Todd Pacific in Washington and Kaiser Shipyard in Oregon. In 1916 the Harbor Island facility in Seattle began operations as Todd Pacific Shipyards . In 1942 the Swan Island facility in Portland began operations as Kaiser Shipyards . In 1995, Vigor Industrial owner, Frank Foti bought Cascade General on the verge of bankruptcy from its previous owners, operating on leased space from

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264-451: The Swan Island airport to the federal government in March 1942. Tenants of the Swan Island airport were ordered to leave the facilities in late February 1942 to make way for a U.S. Maritime Commission shipyard. At the time of the order, 150 privately owned aircraft were being stored at the airport. The Swan Island Shipyard was one of seven constructed by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser on

286-662: The Tebo Yacht Basin, Brooklyn, and the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company . The Seattle shipyard traces its history back to 1882, when Robert Moran opened a marine repair shop at Yesler's Wharf. This shop became the Moran Brothers Shipyard in 1906 and the Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Company at the end of 1911. The shipyard has performed building and maintenance work for, among others,

308-823: The U.S. west coast—three in the Portland–Vancouver area and four in Richmond, California —to help meet the production demands of the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II. Swan Island became the site of Kaiser's third Northwest shipyard (the others being the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in North Portland, and the Vancouver Shipyard in Vancouver, Washington). The completed Swan Island Shipyard had

330-421: The company announced that it was merging with Oregon Iron Works , another manufacturer based in the Portland area. Although both companies referred to it as a "merger", the deal made Oregon Iron Works a division of Vigor, a wholly owned subsidiary. In March 2015, Vigor Industrial acquired Seattle-based aluminum workboat manufacturer Kvichak Marine Industries. Vigor announced in late 2017 that it had won

352-651: The design competition for the OPC vessels. If successful in landing the contract, Vigor would have assembled the vessels at its Portland, Ore., shipyard. However, in February 2014, the USCG announced that Bollinger Shipyards , Eastern Shipbuilding , and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works had been awarded design contracts for the OPC. In September 2017, Vigor was contracted to produce the US Army's Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) . Todd Shipyards

374-524: The island's west side, using some of the dredged material to connect the island to the Willamette's east bank. Swan Island was the site of the Swan Island Airport from 1927 until the early 1940s and was the site of a Kaiser shipyard during the Second World War. The shipyard facilities were acquired by the Port of Portland after the war, and the area is presently an industrial park . The island

396-570: The material dredged from the river—more than 20 million cubic yards (15 million cubic metres)—was deposited in Guild's Lake, and much of the rest was used to connect Swan Island to the Willamette's east bank. Swan Island Airport was dedicated in 1927. Passenger service ceased in 1940, after completion of the Portland–Columbia Airport , but limited operations continued at the Swan Island airport until 1942. The Port of Portland leased

418-419: The shipyard in the late 1970s. The Port of Portland sold the facilities to shipbuilder Cascade General in 2000 at a cost of $ 30.8 million. Swan Island is currently the location of a 430-acre (170 ha) industrial park managed by the Port of Portland. There is also industrial development in the adjacent Mock's Bottom area, a natural wetland that was filled in the 1960s. Shipbuilder Vigor Industrial

440-609: Was first noted as "Willow Island" by the United States Exploring Expedition in 1844. River traffic on the Willamette was impeded by a bar near the island, and annual dredging by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was required to maintain a navigable channel. A 1914 Oregonian article reported that the Portland Commission of Public Docks was unanimously in favor of removing the island, instead of developing it for commerce. The purchase of Swan Island

462-567: 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 Co., Erie Basin , Brooklyn, New York . That acquisition was followed by acquisition of

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484-515: Was proposed to Portland's city council in March 1920 as part of a $ 10,000,000 harbor development plan. Other features of this "Swan Island project" included the development of Mock's Bottom , a swampy area directly east of Swan Island, and the draining of Guild's Lake , located west of the island. The island was purchased by the Port of Portland in December 1921 at a cost of $ 120,577. The Port of Portland initially intended to develop Swan Island as

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