Peyton Company

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
  • 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 IDOriginal nameOriginal ownerShip typeTonsLength (feet)DeliveredNotes
SC 772US NavySub chaser95d11015-April-1943To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Mallard (WAVR 437), sold 1948 renamed to Lady Goodiver, now B-and-B SC-772 (Canada)
261514SC 773US NavySub chaser95d11012-May-1943Sold 1948 renamed to Larry
SC 774US NavySub chaser95d11028-June-43To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-323
258943SC 775US NavySub chaser95d11030-July-1943To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Martin (WAVR 438), sold 1948 renamed to Milmar
SC 1362US NavySub chaser95d1106-Sep-1943To USCG 1945 renamed to Air Warbler (WAVR 477), sold 1948 renamed to Warbler
SC 1363US NavySub chaser95d11029-Sep-1943Disposed of 1946
SC 1364US NavySub chaser95d11013-Nov-1943To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-331
SC 1365US NavySub chaser95d11010-Jan-1944To the USSR 1945 renamed to BO-329
TP 122US ArmyTug, harbor96July 1944
TP 123US ArmyTug, harbor96July 1944Worked in Alaskan waters in World War II. Sold and renamed to Outlaw V (Canada O.N. 320295) (New engine in 1960 and 2011)
TP 124US ArmyTug, harbor96August 1944
TP 125US ArmyTug, harbor96August 1944

See also

References
  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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