 On Liberty Fleet Day 27 September 1941 one of the first Liberty ships the "SS Fredrick Funston" was launched by Seattle-Tacoma.In 1942 Todd bought out Kaiser's holding and some time thereafter the company was reabsorbed into Todd Dry Dock & Construction, which eventually became Todd Pacific Shipyards.Todd sold the Tacoma shipyard to the Navy after the war ended, which in turn sold the site to the Port of Tacoma in 1959.