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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 ...
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After the war, the shipyard was sold to Todd Shipyards. After Todd's Houston division closed in 1985, the yard was once again used by Brown and Root, this time for barge construction and repair. The property was sold piecemeal to multiple buyers in 2004. [4] In 1961, the company won the $200 million contract to build the Manned Spacecraft ...
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard /4509 /1954 [11] Todd Shipyards, Galveston: Pioneer Minx 1956-1970. Laid up 1983, Scrapped 1985 Castellon de la Plana, Spain. American Alliance: MA-14/Show Me Mariner: Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard /4510 /1954 [11] Norfolk Shipbuilding: Pioneer Mill 1956-1970. Laid up 1983, Scrapped 1987 in Kaohsiung ...
Arequipa was laid down on 17 January 1944 under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 2195) by Pennsylvania Shipyards, Inc., at Beaumont, Texas; launched on 4 May 1944; sponsored by Mrs. L. Osius; transferred to the Navy on 19 December 1944; towed to Todd Shipyards in Galveston, Texas, for conversion; and commissioned on 14 January 1945.
Texas Historical Commission 2006 Marker - The Lynchburg Town Ferry. The service would operate 24 hours per day, 365 days a year under the operation of Harris County through June 2004 when hours were reduced to their current times. [3] Replacement vessels have been under consideration by the county since late 2004, but have yet to be ordered. [3]
Todd Pacific Shipyards of Galveston, Texas converted her for Navy use. She was renamed USS Ariel and commissioned at Galveston on 14 May 1942 with Captain E.P. Hylant as her commander. [15] On 25 May Ariel sailed for Norfolk, Virginia where she joined Service Squadron 7, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet.
The ship was rebuilt in 1968 by Todd Shipyards, Galveston, TX as the container ship SS Newark, USCG ON 511486, IMO 6903199, for Sea Land Service. She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan in 1986. She was sold for scrapping in Taiwan in 1986.