Peyton Company

33°36′48″N 117°53′31″W / 33.613271°N 117.891901°W / 33.613271; -117.891901

USS SC-772 Sub Chaser, built by Peyton Company in 1943

The Peyton Company, also called Peyton Marine Service and Supplies, was a wooden shipbuilding and dry dock company in Newport Beach, California.

The shipyard was started by J. W. Peyton (1875-?), born in Texas, and his wife Anabel Peyton (1886-?). The shipyard was later owned by his sons, C. R. Peyton (1911-?) and R. P. Peyton (1919-?), a naval architect. The Peyton Company purchased the shipyard from the Balboa Marina Hardware Company, owned by Westin T. Jay.

The Peyton Company built civilian boats, yachts and fishing boats, in Newport Harbor. To support the World War II demand for ships, the Peyton Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built Army harbor tugboats and Navy sub chasers. The Peyton Company leased Newport Harbor waterfront land to build these ships. After the war, in 1945 the shipyard closed, partly due to the two deaths in the family. The shipyard office was at 901 Pacific Coast Hwy, Newport Beach.[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Notable ships

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  • US Navy submarine chaser that had a displacement of 148 tons, a length of 110 feet, a beam 17 feet, a draft of 6 feet top speed of 21 knots. A crew of 28. Armed with: one 40mm gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "K Gun," and two depth charge tracks. Powered with two 1,540bhp General Motors (Electro-Motive Div.) 16-184A diesel engines to two shafts.[9] [10]
  • US Army TP harbor tug with displacement 185 tons gross, a length of 97 feet, a beam 25 feet, a draft of 11 feet, Power one Fairbanks–Morse six cylinder diesel engine to a single propeller with 450 shp. The TP is for "Tug/Passenger". The US Army had 43 of this 96-foot tugs built for World War II, Peyton Company built 4 of them. [11][12]
Ship ID Original name Original owner Ship type Tons Length (feet) Delivered Notes
SC 772 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 15-April-1943 To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Mallard (WAVR 437), sold 1948 renamed to Lady Goodiver, now B-and-B SC-772 (Canada)
261514 SC 773 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 12-May-1943 Sold 1948 renamed to Larry
SC 774 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 28-June-43 To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-323
258943 SC 775 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 30-July-1943 To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Martin (WAVR 438), sold 1948 renamed to Milmar
SC 1362 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 6-Sep-1943 To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Warbler (WAVR 477), sold 1948 renamed to Warbler
SC 1363 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 29-Sep-1943 Disposed of 1946
SC 1364 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 13-Nov-1943 To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-331
SC 1365 US Navy Sub chaser 95d 110 10-Jan-1944 To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-329
TP 122 US Army Tug, harbor 96 July 1944
TP 123 US Army Tug, harbor 96 July 1944 Worked in Alaskan waters in World War II. Sold and renamed to Outlaw V (Canada O.N. 320295) (New engine in 1960 and 2011)
TP 124 US Army Tug, harbor 96 August 1944
TP 125 US Army Tug, harbor 96 August 1944

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Peyton Company shipbuildinghistory.com
  2. ^ Orange County’s World War II Military Bases
  3. ^ Motor Boating Magazine, Nov. 1944, page 60, Vol. 74, No. 5
  4. ^ Motor Boating Magazine, Oct 1942, Page 60, Vol. 70, No. 4, page 60
  5. ^ Motor Boating Magazine, Sep 1942, Page 64, Vol. 70, No. 3
  6. ^ Pacific Marine Review, 1944, Page 137
  7. ^ Santa Ana Register from Santa Ana, California, Page 3, February 15, 1940
  8. ^ 1940 U.S. Census, Newport Beach, Orange, California
  9. ^ USS Sub Chaser SC-772
  10. ^ USS Sub Chaser SC-772 navsource
  11. ^ USAV TP-123 navsource.org
  12. ^ U.S. Army Tug-Transports (T, TP) shipbuildinghistory.com
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