Peyton Company also called Peyton Marine Service and Supplies was a wooden shipbuilding and dry dock company in Newport Beach, California. Peyton Company built civilian boats, yachts and fishing boats, in Newport Harbor. To support the World War 2 demand for ships Peyton Company shipyard switched over to military construction and built: US Army Harbor Tugboats and US Navy Sub chasers. Peyton Company leased Newport Harbor waterfront land to build the Navy and Army ships. 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. Peyton Company purchased the shipyard from Balboa Marina Hardware Company owned by Westin T. Jay. After the war,
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