Levingston Shipbuilding Company in Orange, Texas, employed a group of workers who, with their -can-do- spirit, forged the company forward as pioneers in shipbuilding technology, offshore drilling, and ocean exploration. In From Orange to Singapore: A Shipyard Builds a Legacy, author, Paul A. Mattingly, Jr., chronicles the workers' level of excellence as they responded to American involvement in World War II and afterwards, to the transitioning into the postwar boom.

From the building of the -Kennedy Class- ferries for Staten Island, the New York Harbor tugboats for Moran Towing,...