T&T Group

In 1957, after serving in the U.S. Army and working for numerous companies, including Marine Machine Works and Toddy Shipyard as a machinist, Rudy Teichman established T&T Marine Ways, Inc., a small shipyard on the end of Teichman point. The business consisted of a dock for working on small vessels, a machine shop and small dredge. Later, a marine railway was built to perform dry repairs on small vessels. In 1960, Rudy bought a wooden tug names Josephine. He re-floated and rebuilt the vessel to provide towing services in the area. Hurricane Carla struck Galveston in 1961, destroying the shipyard. Rudy started over and by 1964 he was expanding again, hiring more employees and building bigger, better facilities and vessels. Recognizing the need for salvage equipment along the Texas Coast, Rudy started T&T Marine Salvage, Inc. Using little more than ingenuity and experience, he raised sunken boats and barges. In 1976, he bought a stream crane with a capacity of seventy-five to...