Vigor Marine Group

{{Short description|American shipbuilding and ship repair company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox company | name = Vigor Marine Group | logo = Vigor Marine Group logo.svg | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | logo_padding = | former_name = Vigor Industrial | type = LLC | industry = {{unbulleted list|Shipbuilding|Ship repair}} | predecessor = Cascade General | founded = 2000{{efn|name=fn1|According to Vigor's website, Cascade General "establish[ed] itself anew as Vigor Industrial" in 2000 after purchasing the Port of Portland shipyard.<ref name="Vigor history">{{cite web |title=Our Story |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/our-story |access-date=September 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250722232758/https://vigor.net/history |archive-date=July 22, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref> Newspaper reports continued to list Cascade General as the owner of the shipyard for several years following the purchase.<ref>{{cite news |author=Andy Dworkin |title=Shipyard Partner Says Its Bankrupt |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=April 12, 2001 |page=B01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Port in a Storm |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 7, 2001 |page=C06 |quote=The Port is embroiled in the efforts of Cascade General Corp. to save its shaky ship-repair business at the Swan Island shipyard.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Joe Rojas-Burke |title=Safe Water at Stake in Saga of Two Shipyards |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=March 5, 2005 |page=A01 |quote=Rainwater is a hugely expensive problem for the shipyard run by Cascade General in the Portland Harbor.}}</ref> A 2006 ''Oregonian'' article referred to Vigor Industrial as a holding company for Cascade General.<ref>{{cite news |author=Alex Pulaski |title=Shipyard back in the business of construction |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=September 6, 2006 |page=D01 |quote=Vigor is a holding company for Cascade General Inc., which took over the shipyard when the Port of Portland sold it in 2000.}}</ref>}} | founder = Frank Foti | location = Portland, Oregon, U.S. | locations = | area_served = North America | revenue = $400 million to $500 million (2013)<ref name=OIW-merger-seatimes/> | num_employees = 2,500<ref name="Vigor history" /> | num_employees_year = 2025 | subsid = | owner = Titan Acquisition Holdings | website = {{URL|https://www.vigormarine.com/}} }}

'''Vigor Marine Group''', formerly '''Vigor Industrial''', is an American shipbuilding, ship repair, and marine service company based in Portland, Oregon. Vigor operates shipyards in Oregon, Washington, California, and Virginia, with a combined total of 2,500 employees {{as of|2025|lc=yes}}.

Vigor grew out of '''Cascade General''', a ship repair company that began operating at the Port of Portland's Swan Island shipyard in 1987. Cascade General purchased the shipyard from the Port of Portland in 2000 and established the name Vigor Industrial.{{efn|name=fn1}} Vigor continued operating as a repair yard for several years before establishing the barge-building company '''U.S. Barge''' in 2006 as a joint venture with Oregon Iron Works.

Vigor Industrial expanded throughout the 2010s, acquiring companies such as Todd Shipyards, Alaska Ship and Drydock, Oregon Iron Works, and Kvichak Marine Industries. Vigor recapitalized in 2019 after being acquired by a pair of private equity firms, which created Titan Acquisition Holdings as Vigor's new parent company. In 2025, Vigor Industrial consolidated with other companies under the ownership of Titan Acquisition Holdings to form the Vigor Marine Group.

==History== ===As Cascade General=== {{see also|Swan Island (Oregon)#Post-war development}} In 1942, what is now Vigor's Swan Island facility in Portland began operations as the Kaiser Company's Swan Island Shipyard.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaiser Swan Island |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/kswanisland.htm |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref> After the end of World War II, the Swan Island shipyard was purchased by the Port of Portland, which operated it as a repair yard.<ref name="Vigor history" /> The Port leased space at the yard to various ship repair contractors, including Cascade General, which began operating there in 1987.<ref name="Cascade General">{{cite book |last=Rothburd |first=Carrie |entry=Cascade General, Inc. |editor=Jay P. Pederson |title=International Directory of Company Histories |publisher=St. James Press |volume=65 |year=2005 |pages=93-95 |isbn=1-55862-510-0 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/internationaldir0000unse_p7o9/page/92/mode/2up |via=Archive.org}}</ref>

Due to a downturn in the ship repair market in the 1990s, the other companies operating at the Swan Island yard went out of business, leaving Cascade General as the only remaining contractor by 1994.<ref name="Cascade General" /> Concerned about the string of failed companies, port commissioners decided in late 1994 to shift the shipyard to a single-operator arrangement and began a bidding process to find a company to manage the yard.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jeff Manning |title=Port Acts to Save Shipyard |date=December 23, 1994 |newspaper=The Oregonian |page=B01}}</ref>

Businessmen Frank Foti and Andrew Rowe bought Cascade General in March 1995, with Foti becoming CEO; the company had no ship repair contracts at the time of purchase, and it was uncertain whether it would be able to continue operations.<ref name="Cascade General" /><ref>{{cite news |author=Richard Read |title=New Owner Takes Helm of Cascade |date=March 22, 1995 |page=D01}}</ref> Despite the company's precarious financial situation, Foti and Rowe submitted a bid to become the exclusive operator of the Swan Island yard, which they ultimately secured in May 1995.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jeff Manning |title=Port Picks Cascade General Inc. |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 25, 1995 |page=C01}}</ref> The contract granted them control over the yard for five years at a rate of $5.8 million per year. Cascade General was able to secure repair work on a number of vessels in the following years and established better financial footing. By 1997, the company had sales of $132 million and a workforce of 1,200.<ref name="Cascade General" />

In 1998, Foti also purchased Washington Marine Repair in Port Angeles, Washington.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Vigor Industrial: A Rising Star in Shipbuilding in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska |publisher=Vigor Industrial |date=July 26, 2012 |url=https://vigor.net/news-press/vigor-industrial-a-rising-star-in-shipbuilding-in-the-pacific-northwest-and |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250702234857/https://vigor.net/news-press/vigor-industrial-a-rising-star-in-shipbuilding-in-the-pacific-northwest-and |archive-date=July 2, 2025}}</ref>

===Purchase of the Swan Island shipyard=== [[File:Swan Island Industrial Area.jpg|thumb|Part of Vigor's Swan Island shipyard in 2013, as viewed from Waud Bluff]] In 1997–98, Cascade General engaged in negotiations with the Port of Portland about purchasing the Swan Island shipyard.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jeff Manning |title=Shipyard for Sale? Port May Sell Shipyard to Cascade |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=December 5, 1997 |page=D01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Gail Kinsey Hill |title=Port Near to Sale of 94-acre Shipyard |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=December 4, 1998 |page=B01}}</ref> After securing funding from the British shipbuilding company Cammell Laird and other lenders, Cascade General purchased the Swan Island facility from the Port of Portland in 2000 at a cost of $30.8 million.<ref>{{cite news |author=Gail Kinsey Hill |title=Cascade Gets Cash to Buy Shipyard |work=The Oregonian |date=June 13, 2000 |page=D01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Gail Kinsey Hilll |title=Cascade General Officially Acquires Shipyard |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=August 30, 2000 |page=B01}}</ref> The company established the name Vigor Industrial the same year.{{efn|name=fn1}} The sale included {{convert|57|acre}} of land, cranes, dry docks, and other equipment.<ref name="Cascade General" />

Cammell Laird went into receivership in 2001, jeopardizing Cascade General's finances.<ref>{{cite news |author=Andy Dworkin |title=Shipyard Partner Says Its Bankrupt |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=April 12, 2001 |page=B01}}</ref> Under pressure from its lenders, Cascade General decided to sell Dry Dock 4, which at the time was one of the largest dry docks in North America. The dry dock was ultimately sold to a Bahamian ship repair company for $25 million. The sale proved controversial since the dry dock was originally financed with an $84 million government bond offering in 1976.<ref name="Cascade General" /><ref>{{cite news |author=Jeff Manning |title=Cascade Sells Dry Dock 4 |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=May 26, 2001 |page=C01}}</ref>

In 2006, Vigor Industrial established the barge-building company U.S. Barge as a joint venture with Oregon Iron Works, a manufacturing company based in Clackamas, Oregon. The partnership's first barge was launched in October 2007.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tyler Graf |title=Barge launch reinvigorates shipyard |newspaper=Daily Journal of Commerce |date=October 18, 2007 |url=https://djcoregon.com/news/2007/10/18/barge-launch-reinvigorates-shipyard/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref> The U.S. Barge was eventually renamed US Fab<ref>{{cite web |author=Jack O'Connell |title=Building Success |website=Maritime Executive |date=August 26, 2013 |url=https://maritime-executive.com/magazine/Building-Success-2013-05-28 |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref> before becoming Vigor Fab in 2013.<ref name=rename>{{cite news |last=Stevens |first=Suzanne |title=For Vigor Industrial, it's all in the name |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=October 8, 2013 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2013/10/vigor-industrial-puts-its-stamp-on.html |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

===Expansion and acquisitions=== thumb|Vigor purchased Kvichak Marine Industries in 2015. thumb|The {{MV|Chimacum|}} under construction at Vigor's Seattle shipyard in 2016 In 2010, Vigor purchased Marine Industries Northwest in Tacoma, Washington.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marine Industries Northwest |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |url=https://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/mini.htm |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor Marine Purchases Marine Industries Northwest |website=MarineLink |date=August 13, 2010 |url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/industries-purchases335202 |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

In 2011, Vigor purchased the Todd Shipyards Corporation for $130 million, acquiring its shipyards in Seattle, Bremerton, and Everett.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vigor completes $130M purchase of Todd Shipyards |newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal |date=February 15, 2011 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2011/02/15/vigor-completes-130m-purchase-of-todd.html |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Joint Press Release Issued by Todd Shipyards and Vigor Industrial LLC |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |date=January 11, 2011 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/98537/000119312511006861/dex991.htm |access-date=September 7, 2025}}</ref> Todd Shipyards became a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor and began operating as Vigor Shipyards after the acquisition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor Industrial completes acquisition of Todd Shipyards |website=MarineLog |date=February 16, 2011 |url=https://www.marinelog.com/news/vigor-industrial-completes-acquisition-of-todd-shipyards/ |access-date=September 7, 2025}}</ref> Jon Talton wrote for ''The Seattle Times'' that the acquisition made Vigor "the dominant shipbuilding and marine-repair company in the Northwest".<ref>{{cite news |author=Jon Talton |title=Docks buzzing with Vigor Industrial evolution |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=April 27, 2013 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/docks-buzzing-with-vigor-industrial-evolution/ |access-date=September 7, 2025}}</ref>

In 2012, Vigor acquired Alaska Ship & Drydock in Ketchikan, Alaska.<ref>{{cite news |author=Melissa Allison |title=Vigor Industrial to buy Alaska ship company |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=February 7, 2012 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/vigor-industrial-to-buy-alaska-ship-company/ |access-date=September 7, 2025}}</ref> According to Vigor, the acquisition made the company "the largest ship repair operation by square footage on the West coast".<ref name="Vigor history" /> Vigor renamed the subsidiary Vigor Alaska in 2013.<ref name=rename />

In May 2014, Vigor announced that it was merging with Oregon Iron Works.<ref name=OIW-merger-seatimes>{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Amy |title=Shipbuilders Vigor and Oregon Iron Works agree to merge |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/shipbuilders-vigor-and-oregon-iron-works-agree-to-merge/ |access-date=December 12, 2014 |work=The Seattle Times |date=May 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=OIW-merger-oregonian>{{cite news |last=Francis |first=Mike |title=Vigor Marine brings Oregon Iron Works under its roof in merger |newspaper=OregonLive |date=May 21, 2014 |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2014/05/vigor_marine_brings_oregon_iro.html |access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> Although the companies referred to it as a merger, the deal made Oregon Iron Works a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor.<ref name=OIW-merger-pbj>{{cite news |last=Giegerich |first=Andy |title=Vigor Industrial and Oregon Iron Works to merge |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=May 21, 2014 |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/blog/2014/05/vigor-industrial-andoregon-iron-works-to-merge.html |access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>

A $40 million floating drydock, ''The Vigorous'', was delivered to the company's Portland shipyard in August 2014. At {{convert|960|ft}} long, the company claimed the dry dock was the largest in North America.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mark Graves |title=North America's largest drydock floats first ship at Swan Island's Vigor Industrial (infographic and time lapse) |newspaper=OregonLive |date=November 23, 2014 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2014/11/north_americas_largest_drydock_1.html |access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref> Foti described the drydock as "nearly an exact duplicate" of the one Vigor had sold in 2001.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mike Francis |title=Vigor's massive drydock arrives this weekend, opens door to bigger repair jobs |newspaper=OregonLive |date=August 21, 2014 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2014/08/vigors_massive_drydock_arrives.html |access-date=September 8, 2025}}</ref>

In March 2015, Vigor Industrial acquired Seattle-based aluminum workboat manufacturer Kvichak Marine Industries.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Coral Garnick |title=Vigor Industrial expands shipyard work with Kvichak deal |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/vigor-industrial-scoops-up-kvichak-marine-industries/ |access-date=August 26, 2016 |work=The Seattle Times |date=March 3, 2015}}</ref> Vigor designated the new subsidiary as Vigor Ballard.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kirk Moore |title=Little yard, big aluminum boats |website=WorkBoat |date=November 16, 2017 |url=https://www.workboat.com/viewpoints/little-yard-big-aluminum-boats |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref>

Vigor announced it would be ending operations at its Everett shipyard in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dan Catchpole |title=Vigor Industrial to end lease early, close Everett shipyard |newspaper=The Everett Herald |date=March 7, 2017 |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/vigor-industrial-to-end-lease-early-close-everett-shipyard/ |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref>

Vigor announced in late 2017 that it had won a $979,390,000 contract to produce U.S. Army landing craft, designated the Maneuver Support Vessel (Light). The contract was the largest in the company's history.<ref>{{cite news |author=Allan Brettman |title=Shipbuilder Vigor picks Vancouver for Army landing craft manufacturing |work=The Columbian |date=February 1, 2019 |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2019/feb/01/shipbuilder-choses-vancouver-for-army-landing-craft-manufacturing-site/ |access-date=February 2, 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, Vigor's Swan Island facility was cited for multiple safety violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.<ref>{{Cite news |title=OSHA cites shipbuilder for 16 workplace hazards |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2018/aug/01/osha-cites-shipbuilder-for-16-workplace-hazards/ |date=August 1, 2018 |access-date=July 21, 2021 |newspaper=The Columbian |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |agency=The Associated Press |date=August 1, 2018 |title=Shipbuilder's Swan Island operation cited for 16 workplace hazards |newspaper=OregonLive |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2018/07/shipbuilders_swan_island_opera.html |access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>

In early 2019, Vigor purchased the facilities of Christensen Yachts in Vancouver, Washington, and concurrently announced that it would be closing its facility in Ballard (at the site of the former Kvichak Marine Industries). Employees at the Ballard facility were offered to transfer to Vancouver, where Vigor was preparing to begin production of landing craft for the U.S. Army.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vigor will put new 400-employee shipyard in Vancouver, Washington, and close Ballard site |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=February 1, 2019 |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/vigor-will-put-new-400-employee-shipyard-in-vancouver-wash-and-close-ballard-site/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Meghan Walker |title=Aluminum workboat builders Vigor to close Frelard plant |website=MyBallard.com |date=February 5, 2019 |url=https://myballard.com/2019/02/05/aluminum-workboat-builders-vigor-to-close-frelard-plant/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

===Recapitalization and merger=== In July 2019, private equity firms The Carlyle Group and Stellex Capital Management agreed to acquire and merge Vigor Industrial with MHI Holdings LLC,<ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor, MHI Acquired and Merged |website=MarineLink |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/vigor-mhi-acquired-merged-468835 |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Rogoway 2019">{{cite news |author=Mike Rogoway |title=Portland shipbuilder Vigor Industrial sells to D.C. investment firm |newspaper=OregonLive |date=July 25, 2019 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2019/07/portland-shipbuilder-vigor-industrial-sells-to-dc-investment-firm.html |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref> a company in Norfolk, Virginia, consisting of MHI Ship Repair, Seaward Marine Services, and Accurate Marine Environmental.<ref>{{cite press release |title=MHI Holdings, LLC Acquires Seaward Marine Services, Inc. and Accurate Marine Environmental, Inc. |publisher=MHI Holdings |date=March 2017 |url=https://mhi-shiprepair.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/MHI_-Release_-MHI_Holdings_LLC_Acquires_Seaward_Marine_Services_Inc._and_Accurate_Marine_Environmental_Inc.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref> A parent company, Titan Acquisition Holdings, was created through the merger.<ref>{{cite web |title=Titan Acquisition Holdings |publisher=The Carlyle Group |url=https://www.carlyle.com/our-business/portfolio-of-investments/titan-acquisition-holdings |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref> Vigor described the merger as part of recapitalization process to replace the company's old investors "with new investors with the resources to operate on a global scale".<ref name="Rogoway 2019" /> Jim Marcotuli was appointed the CEO of the newly consolidated companies, replacing Frank Foti.<ref name="Vigor history" />

In 2020, Titan Acquisition Holdings purchased the San Diego Shipyard (formerly Continental Maritime of San Diego) from Huntington Ingalls Industries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Titan Acquires HII's San Diego Shipyard |website=MarineLink |date=February 12, 2020 |url=https://www.marinelink.com/news/titan-acquires-hiis-san-diego-shipyard-475579 |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref> Vigor announced the following year that it would be shutting down its operations in Port Angeles.<ref>{{cite news |author=Paul Gottlieb |title=Topside repair a priority for Port of Port Angeles |newspaper=Peninsula Daily News |date=May 28, 2021 |url=https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/topside-repair-a-priority-for-port-of-port-angeles/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

Titan Acquisition Holdings was purchased by private equity firm Lone Star Funds in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |author=Sarah Wolf |title=Shipbuilder Vigor Industrial sold to private equity firm |newspaper=The Columbian |date=February 15, 2023 |url=https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/feb/15/shipbuilder-vigor-industrial-sold-to-private-equity-firm/ |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref> Lone Sar Funds appointed Francesco Valente as Titan's CEO the following year, replacing the retiring Jim Marcotuli.<ref name="Vigor history" />

In March 2025, the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority announced that it would not be extending its agreement with Vigor to operate the Ketchikan Shipyard after the agreement expires in November 2025. The state-owned shipyard was formerly operated by the Alaska Ship & Drydock company, which Vigor purchased in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |author=Eric Stone |title=AIDEA plans to end agreement with Vigor for state-owned Ketchikan Shipyard |publisher=KRBD |date=March 5, 2025 |url=https://www.krbd.org/2025/03/05/aidea-plans-to-end-agreement-with-vigor-for-state-owned-ketchikan-shipyard/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=State wants a new operator to take over Ketchikan shipyard |newspaper=Wrangell Sentinel |date=March 18, 2025 |url=https://www.wrangellsentinel.com/stories/state-wants-a-new-operator-to-take-over-ketchikan-shipyard,21664 |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Scott Bowlen |title=Layoffs begin for Ketchikan shipyard workers |newspaper=Ketchikan Daily News |date=July 13, 2025 |url=https://www.chilkatvalleynews.com/2025/07/13/layoffs-begin-for-ketchikan-shipyard-workers/ |access-date=August 26, 2025}}</ref>

In June 2025, Vigor Industrial consolidated with the four other companies under the ownership of Titan Acquisition Holdings—Continental Maritime of San Diego, MHI Ship Repair and Services, Seaward Marine Services, and Accurate Marine Environmental—to form the Vigor Marine Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Five US shipbuilders and repairers to form marine service group |website=Baird Maritime |date=June 19, 2025 |url=https://www.bairdmaritime.com/security/non-naval-security/five-us-shipbuilders-and-repairers-to-form-marine-service-group |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Anne Kalosh |title=Five US companies unify under Vigor Marine Group |website=Seatrade Cruise News |date=June 20, 2025 |url=https://www.seatrade-cruise.com/refurb-design-interiors/five-us-companies-unify-under-vigor-marine-group |access-date=August 16, 2025}}</ref> The company's headquarters remained in Portland following the consolidation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Pete Danko |title=Vigor name extended to 2,600-worker marine and industrial services group |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=June 20, 2025 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/06/20/vigor-marine-group-announced.html |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref>

In February 2026, private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners reached an agreement to acquire Vigor Marine Group from Lone Star Funds.<ref>{{cite news |author=Christopher Bjorke |title=Major Portland marine manufacturer to be acquired by private equity |newspaper=Portland Business Journal |date=February 4, 2026 |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2026/02/04/vigor-marine-antin-infrastructure.html |access-date=February 5, 2026}}</ref>

==Corporate structure== {{As of|2025}}, Vigor Marine Group is structured into three main divisions: Maintenance & Modernization, which handles ship repairs and maintenance; Marine Services, which provides services such as cleaning and waste water treatment; and Marine Fabrication, which handles production of new vessels.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Vigor Marine Group Launched as Unified Maritime Leader |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |date=June 19, 2025 |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/news-press/vigor-marine-group-launches-as-unified-maritime-leader |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Facilities== {{GeoGroup}} ===Shipyards=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Location !! Coordinates !! Size !! Drydocks !! Piers !! Cranes !! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | Seattle, Washington || {{coord|47.585|-122.355|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Seattle}} || {{convert|27|acre}} || 3 || 4 || 12 || <ref>{{cite web |title=Seattle, WA Shipyard |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/seattle |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- | Portland, Oregon || {{coord|45.565|-122.721|type:landmark_region:US-OR|name=Portland}} || {{convert|60|acre}} || 3 || 12 || 13 ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Portland, OR Shipyard |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/portland |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- | San Diego, California || {{coord|32.695|-117.1475|type:landmark_region:US-CA|name=San Diego}} || {{convert|31|acre}}{{efn|{{convert|14|acre}} land, {{convert|17|acre}} waterfront}} || 0 || 2 || 4 || <ref>{{cite web |title=San Diego, CA Shipyard |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/sandiego |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- | Norfolk, Virginia || {{coord|36.864|-76.309|type:landmark_region:US-VA|name=Norfolk}} || {{convert|33|acre}}{{efn|{{convert|20|acre}} land, {{convert|13|acre}} waterfront}} || 0 || 1 || 5 || <ref>{{cite web |title=Norfolk, VA Shipyard |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/norfolk |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- |}

===Other facilities=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Location !! Coordinates !! Size !! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | Vancouver, Washington || {{coord|45.6162|-122.6263|type:landmark_region:US-WA|name=Vancouver}} || {{convert|7|acre}} || <ref>{{cite web |title=Vancouver, WA Facility |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/vancouver-aluminum-fabrication-center |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- | Portsmouth, Virginia || {{coord|36.8005|-76.2962|type:landmark_region:US-VA|name=Portsmouth}} || {{convert|4.5|acre}} || <ref>{{cite web |title=Portsmouth, VA Facility |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/facilities/portsmouth |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref> |- |}

==Vessels constructed== thumb|The {{USAV|SSG Elroy F. Wells}} was the first MSV(L) landing craft produced by Vigor.<ref name="NavalToday.com" /> [[File:Left Coast Lifter (D 016).jpg|thumb|The crane barge ''Left Coast Lifter'' was used in the eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.<ref>{{cite news |author=Lisa Vorderbrueggen |title=Left Coast Lifter Set to Leave Bay Area after Bay Bridge work |newspaper=The Mercury News |date=August 12, 2016 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/05/24/left-coast-lifter-set-to-leave-bay-area-after-bay-bridge-work/ |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref>]]

Vigor has constructed a wide variety of vessels, including barges, tugboats, fishing vessels, pilot boats, crew boats, ferries, and military vessels.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marine Fabrication |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/marinefabrication |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref> Notable vessels constructed by Vigor and its subsidiaries are provided below.

===Military vessels=== Vigor has constructed several types of vessels for the U.S. military, including the Combatant Craft Medium, Combatant Craft Heavy, and Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) (MSV(L)).<ref>{{cite web |title=Maritime Security Vessel Projects |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/services/maritime-security |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref> Individually notable ships include: * ''Sea Hunter'', an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle<ref>{{cite web |title=Autonomous Vessels |publisher=Vigor Marine Group |url=https://www.vigormarine.com/projects/sea-hunter |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref> * {{USAV|SSG Elroy F. Wells}}, the lead ship of the MSV(L) class<ref name="NavalToday.com">{{cite web |title=Vigor starts construction of US Army’s next generation landing craft |website=NavalToday.com |date=September 18, 2019 |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2019/09/18/vigor-starts-construction-of-us-armys-next-generation-landing-craft/ |access-date=August 28, 2025}}</ref>

===Ferries=== The following ferries were completed at Vigor's Seattle shipyard after its acquisition from Todd Pacific:<ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor Seattle |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/toddseattle.htm |access-date=August 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510101804/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/toddseattle.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> * {{MV|Salish}}, for Washington State Ferries * {{MV|Kennewick}}, for Washington State Ferries * {{MV|Tokitae}}, for Washington State Ferries * {{MV|Samish}}, for Washington State Ferries * {{MV|Chimacum}}, for Washington State Ferries

The following ferry was completed at Vigor's Ketchikan shipyard after its acquisition from Alaska Ship and Drydock:<ref>{{cite web |title=Vigor Alaska |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/alaska.htm |access-date=August 16, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510071357/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/active/alaska.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> * {{MV|Tazlina}}, for the Alaska Marine Highway System

===Barges=== Built by U.S. Barge:<ref name="Vigor Portland">{{cite web |title=Vigor Portland |website=ShipbuildingHistory.com |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/small/usbarge.htm |access-date=August 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510075104/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/active/usbarge.htm |archive-date=May 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> * ''Left Coast Lifter'', a crane barge

===Other=== * OE buoy, a wave power device<ref name="Vigor Portland" />

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==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.vigormarine.com/}}

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