Levingston Shipbuilding Company
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Levingston Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilding company at Orange, Texas on the Sabine River.[1] The company was started by Samuel H. Levingston in 1859.
Ships
[2] First ship completed was in 1925, last ship was in 1982, as the company was sold to the company's CEO, Ed Paden. For World War 2 Levingston built Tank Barges a Type B ship and Tugboats a Type V ship.
Notable ships:
- USS Sea Otter II (IX-53) - Tank Barge
Staten Island Ferry Kennedy class
Notes
- ^ "Levingston Shipbuilding, Orange TX". Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
- ^ Levingston Shipbuilding Company, shiphistory.com