Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company, Evansville IN

The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company's shipyard in Evansville IN, on the Ohio River, was built for the war effort and closed after the war: the plant was destroyed by fire in 1946 and is now a parking lot, but the ways are still visible when the river is low. See the site from the air on Google here. A wonderful book about the yard, "A Cornfield Shipyard", by Andrew L. Clark, is published by M. T. Publishing, P.O. Box 6802, Evansville IN 47719. In addition, there is an actual LST preserved as a museum in Evansville: visit it here. As well as building 171 LSTs in Evansville, Missouri Valley also built LCTs, lighters and seaplane derricks at a plant in Leavenworth KS, on the Missouri River, which continued in operation after the war: see that table here. Comments or queries, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.

Most recent update: 2021-08-07.

Hull#	Name	Type	Pennant #	FY	Keel Laid	Launched	Delivered	Days on Ways	Days in Water	Total Days	Disposition
1	No name	LST	157	1942	6/25/42	10/31/42	2/10/43	128	102	230	To Britain 1944, scrapped 1947
2	No name	LST	158	1942	7/11/42	11/16/42	2/10/43	128	86	214	Sunk by aircraft off Licata, Sicily 1943
3	No name	LST	159	1942	7/19/42	11/21/42	2/13/43	125	84	209	To Britain 1943, sold private 1948
4	No name	LST	160	1942	7/21/42	11/30/42	2/18/43	132	80	212	To Britain 1943, sold private 1947
5	No name	LST	161	1942	7/24/42	12/7/42	2/28/43	136	83	219	To Britain 1943, sold private 1948
6	No name	LST	162	1942	7/24/42	2/3/43	3/15/43	194	40	234	To Britain 1943, sold private 1947
7	No name	LST	163	1942	8/10/42	2/4/43	3/22/43	178	46	224	To Britain 1943, sold private 1947
8	No name	LST	164	1942	8/13/42	2/5/43	3/30/43	176	53	229	To Britain 1943, sold private 1947
9	No name	LST	165	1942	9/7/42	2/2/43	4/3/43	148	60	208	To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
10	No name	LST	166	1942	9/7/42	2/1/43	4/22/43	147	80	227	Scrapped 1947
11	No name	LST	167	1942	9/19/42	2/25/43	4/27/43	159	61	220	Damaged by aircraft off the Solomon Islands 1943 and scrapped
12	No name	LST	168	1942	9/26/42	2/25/43	5/3/43	152	67	219	Scrapped 1947
13	No name	LST	169	1942	10/1/42	2/26/43	5/22/43	148	85	233	Scrapped 1947
14	No name	LST	170	1942	10/9/42	2/27/43	5/31/43	141	93	234	Scrapped 1947
15	No name	LST	171	1942	10/20/42	2/28/43	6/5/43	131	97	228	Scrapped 1947
16	No name	LST	172	1942	12/24/42	5/12/43	6/11/43	139	30	169	To China 1943
17	No name	LST	173	1942	12/24/42	4/24/43	6/18/43	121	55	176	To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
18	No name	LST	174	1942	1/1/43	4/21/43	6/16/43	110	56	166	Sold private 1947
19	No name	LST	175	1942	1/6/43	4/18/43	5/19/43	102	31	133	Scrapped 1947
20	No name	LST	176	1942	1/18/43	4/15/43	5/12/43	87	27	114	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1973
21	No name	LST	177	1942	2/5/43	5/16/43	6/22/43	100	37	137	To France 1947 as Laita (L 9001), depot ship 1962
22	No name	LST	178	1942	2/6/43	5/23/43	6/21/43	106	29	135	To Britain 1943, to Egypt 1946 as Aka, sunk 1956
23	No name	LST	179	1942	2/7/43	5/30/43	7/30/43	112	61	173	Sunk at Pearl Harbor 1944
24	No name	LST	180	1942	2/8/43	6/3/43	6/29/43	115	26	141	To Britain 1943, sold 1948 to Shell Venezuela, converted to tanker Leona, scrapped 1955
25	No name	LST	237	1942	2/9/43	6/8/43	6/30/43	119	22	141	To Britain 1943, sold private 1947
26	No name	LST	238	1942	3/5/43	6/15/43	7/9/43	102	24	126	To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
27	No name	LST	239	1942	3/6/43	6/18/43	7/13/43	104	25	129	To Britain 1943, sold private 1948
28	No name	LST	240	1942	3/7/43	6/25/43	7/27/43	110	32	142	Scrapped 1947
29	No name	LST	241	1942	3/8/43	6/29/43	7/31/43	113	32	145	Scrapped 1947
30	No name	LST	242	1942	3/8/43	7/3/43	8/5/43	117	33	150	Scrapped 1947
31	No name	LST	243	1942	4/26/43	7/9/43	8/9/43	74	31	105	Scrapped 1947
32	No name	LST	244	1942	5/1/43	7/14/43	8/13/43	74	30	104	Scrapped 1947
33	No name	LST	245	1942	5/7/43	7/17/43	8/22/43	71	36	107	Scrapped 1947
34	No name	LST	246	1942	5/12/43	7/22/43	8/23/43	71	32	103	To US Army 1947, scrapped 1948
35	No name	LST	247	1942	5/17/43	7/30/43	8/26/43	74	27	101	Scrapped 1947
	No name	LST	248-260	1942							Cancelled 1942
36	No name	LST	122	1942	6/4/43	8/9/43	9/3/43	66	25	91	Scrapped 1947
37	No name	LST	123	1942	6/5/43	8/14/43	9/7/43	70	24	94	Scrapped 1947
38	No name	LST	124	1942	6/7/43	8/18/43	9/24/43	72	37	99	Scrapped 1947
39	No name	LST	125	1942	6/8/43	8/23/43	9/29/43	76	37	103	Sunk as target 1946
40	No name	LST	126	1942	6/11/43	8/28/43	10/2/43	78	35	103	Sold private 1947
41	No name	LST	127	1942	6/30/43	8/31/43	10/6/43	62	36	98	Scrapped 1947
42	No name	LST	128	1942	6/20/43	9/3/43	10/11/43	75	38	113	Scrapped 1947
43	No name	LST	129	1942	7/1/43	9/8/43	10/23/43	69	45	114	Redesignated Cohasset (IX 198) 1944, sunk as target 1946
44	No name	LST	130	1942	7/5/43	9/13/43	11/4/43	70	52	122	To NDRF 1948
45	No name	LST	131	1942	7/7/43	9/19/43	11/15/43	74	57	131	Scrapped 1947
46	No name	LST	491	1943	7/29/43	9/23/43	12/3/43	56	71	127	To MSTS 1952, to Korea 1958 as An Tong, to the Philippines 1976 as Lanao del Sur (LT 503)
47	No name	LST	492	1943	8/3/43	9/30/43	12/8/43	58	69	127	Scrapped 1947
48	No name	LST	493	1943	8/9/43	10/4/43	12/13/43	56	70	126	Wrecked near Plymouth 1945 and scrapped
49	No name	LST	494	1943	8/10/43	10/11/43	12/18/43	62	68	130	Scrapped 1947
50	No name	LST	495	1943	8/14/43	10/16/43	12/23/43	63	68	131	Scrapped 1947
51	No name	LST	496	1943	8/24/43	10/22/43	12/27/43	59	66	125	Mined and lost off Normandy 1944
52	No name	LST	497	1943	8/26/43	10/27/43	12/31/43	62	65	127	Scrapped 1947
53	No name	LST	498	1943	8/31/43	11/1/43	1/6/44	62	66	128	Scrapped 1947
54	No name	LST	499	1943	9/3/43	11/5/43	1/10/44	63	66	129	Sunk off Normandy 1944
55	No name	LST	500	1943	9/8/43	11/10/43	1/13/44	63	64	127	Scrapped 1947
56	No name	LST	531	1943	9/22/43	11/24/43	1/17/44	63	54	117	Torpedoed and lost in Lyme Bay 1944
57	Chase County	LST	532	1943	9/24/43	11/28/43	1/20/44	65	53	118	To Singapore 1974, sold commercially
58	Cheboygan County	LST	533	1943	9/29/43	12/1/43	1/27/44	63	57	120	Struck 1974
59	No name	LST	534	1943	10/4/43	12/8/43	1/31/44	65	54	119	Damaged by kamikaze and scuttled 1945
50	No name	LST	535	1943	10/19/43	12/21/43	2/4/44	63	45	108	To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Wan
61	No name	LST	536	1943	10/19/43	12/27/43	2/9/44	69	44	113	To Korea 1947
62	No name	LST	537	1943	10/27/43	12/31/43	2/9/44	65	40	105	To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Ting
63	No name	LST	538	1943	10/29/43	1/5/44	2/14/44	68	40	108	To Britain 1944, scrapped 1947
64	No name	LST	539	1943	11/9/43	1/10/44	2/17/44	62	38	100	Scrapped 1947
65	No name	LST	540	1943	11/13/43	1/14/44	2/22/44	62	39	101	Lost at sea 1947
66	No name	LST	541	1943	11/22/43	1/25/44	2/28/44	64	34	98	Scrapped 1947
67	Chelan County	LST	542	1943	11/29/43	1/28/44	2/29/44	60	32	92	Scrapped 1959
68	No name	LST	543	1943	12/6/43	2/1/44	3/6/44	57	34	91	Scrapped 1947
69	No name	LST	544	1943	12/8/43	2/4/44	3/16/44	58	41	99	Scrapped 1947
70	No name	LST	545	1943	12/13/43	2/12/44	3/23/44	61	40	101	Sunk at Bikini 1948
71	No name	LST	546	1943	12/20/43	2/16/44	3/27/44	58	40	98	To MSTS 1952, to the Philippines 1972 as Surigao del Sur (LT 95)
72	No name	LST	547	1943	12/24/43	2/19/44	3/30/44	57	40	97	Scrapped 1947
73	No name	LST	548	1943	12/30/43	2/22/44	4/3/44	54	41	95	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1960
74	No name	LST	549	1943	1/4/44	2/25/44	4/5/44	52	40	92	Scrapped 1947
75	No name	LST	550	1943	1/13/44	3/9/44	4/10/44	56	32	88	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1973
76	Chesterfield County	LST	551	1943	1/15/44	3/11/44	4/14/44	56	34	90	Scrapped 1970
77	No name	LST	552	1943	1/19/44	3/14/44	4/19/44	55	36	91	Scrapped 1947
78	No name	LST	553	1943	1/24/44	3/16/44	4/22/44	52	37	89	To US Army 1947
79	No name	LST	554	1943	1/30/44	3/18/44	4/27/44	48	40	88	Scrapped 1947
80	No name	LST	555	1943	2/5/44	3/22/44	4/28/44	46	37	83	Sunk as target 1946
81	No name	LST	556	1943	2/4/44	4/7/44	5/1/44	63	24	87	Scrapped 1947
82	No name	LST	557	1943	2/8/44	4/11/44	5/5/44	63	24	87	To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Hsing
83	No name	LST	558	1943	2/11/44	4/14/44	5/8/44	63	24	87	Scrapped 1947
84	No name	LST	559	1943	2/14/44	4/18/44	5/9/44	64	21	85	Scrapped 1947
85	No name	LST	560	1943	2/22/44	4/21/44	5/2/44	59	11	70	Scrapped 1947
86	Chittenden County	LST	561	1943	2/24/44	4/25/44	5/15/44	61	20	81	Sunk as target 1958
87	No name	LST	562	1943	2/28/44	4/28/44	5/18/44	60	20	80	To Indonesia 1970 as Teluk Kau (L 504), active
88	No name	LST	563	1943	3/4/44	5/1/44	5/20/44	58	19	77	Wrecked on Clipperton Island and abandoned 1945
89	No name	LST	564	1943	3/5/44	5/4/44	5/25/44	60	21	81	Scrapped 1947
90	No name	LST	565	1943	3/16/44	5/8/44	5/25/44	53	17	70	Scrapped 1947
91	No name	LST	566	1943	3/17/44	5/11/44	5/29/44	55	18	73	To MSTS 1952, to the Philippines 1976 as Lanao del Norte (LT 504)
92	No name	LST	567	1943	3/20/44	5/15/44	6/1/44	56	17	73	Scrapped 1947
93	No name	LST	568	1943	3/21/44	5/18/44	6/3/44	58	16	74	Scrapped 1947
94	No name	LST	569	1943	3/24/44	5/20/44	6/5/44	57	16	73	Scrapped 1947
95	No name	LST	570	1943	4/14/44	5/22/44	6/9/44	38	18	56	Scrapped 1947
96	No name	LST	571	1943	4/14/44	5/25/44	6/14/44	41	20	61	Scrapped 1947
97	No name	LST	572	1943	4/15/44	5/29/44	6/19/44	44	21	65	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1973
98	No name	LST	573	1943	4/15/44	5/31/44	6/21/44	46	21	67	Scrapped 1947
99	No name	LST	574	1943	4/16/44	6/5/44	6/26/44	50	21	71	To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Yung
100	No name	LST	575	1943	5/3/44	6/9/44	6/30/44	37	21	58	Redesignated Wythe (APB 41) 1945, scrapped 1959
101	No name	LST	576	1943	5/3/44	6/12/44	7/8/44	40	26	66	Scrapped 1947
102	No name	LST	577	1943	5/3/44	6/16/44	7/10/44	44	24	68	Lost off Palaus 1945
103	No name	LST	578	1943	5/4/44	6/19/44	7/15/44	46	26	72	To MSTS 1952, to Taiwan 1954 as Chung Pang
104	No name	LST	579	1943	5/4/44	6/22/44	7/21/44	49	29	78	To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1975 as Intrepid (L 203)
105	No name	LST	580	1943	5/17/44	6/26/44	7/25/44	40	29	69	Scrapped 1947
106	No name	LST	581	1943	5/17/44	6/29/44	7/27/44	43	28	71	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1972
107	No name	LST	582	1943	5/18/44	7/1/44	7/31/44	44	30	74	Scrapped 1947
108	Churchill County	LST	583	1943	5/18/44	7/5/44	8/2/44	48	28	76	Scrapped 1974
109	No name	LST	584	1943	5/8/44	7/8/44	8/5/44	61	28	89	Now FV Cape Denbigh
110	No name	LST	585	1943	5/31/44	7/12/44	8/8/44	42	27	69	Scrapped 1947
111	No name	LST	586	1943	6/1/44	7/15/44	8/15/44	44	31	75	Scrapped 1947
112	No name	LST	587	1943	6/2/44	7/19/44	8/18/44	47	30	77	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1972
113	No name	LST	588	1943	6/6/44	7/22/44	8/19/44	46	28	74	Scrapped 1947
114	No name	LST	589	1943	6/8/44	7/26/44	8/24/44	48	29	77	Scrapped 1947
115	No name	LST	590	1943	6/19/44	7/29/44	8/26/44	40	28	68	To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1972
116	No name	LST	591	1943	6/21/44	7/2/44	8/29/44	11	58	69	Scrapped 1947
117	No name	LST	592	1943	6/24/44	8/5/44	9/1/44	42	27	69	Scrapped 1947
118	No name	LST	593	1943	6/28/44	8/9/44	9/5/44	42	27	69	Scrapped 1947
119	No name	LST	594	1943	7/1/44	8/12/44	9/6/44	42	25	67	To Korea 1947
120	No name	LST	595	1943	7/7/44	8/16/44	9/14/44	40	29	69	To Korea 1947 as Chon Po
121	No name	LST	596	1943	7/11/44	8/21/44	9/14/44	41	24	65	Scrapped 1947
122	No name	LST	597	1943	7/12/44	8/28/44	9/19/44	47	22	69	Scrapped 1947
123	No name	LST	598	1943	7/14/44	8/29/44	9/22/44	46	24	70	Scrapped 1947
124	No name	LST	599	1943	7/18/44	9/2/44	9/27/44	46	25	71	Scrapped 1947
125	No name	LST	806	1943	7/25/44	9/7/44	9/28/44	44	21	65	Scrapped 1947
126	No name	LST	807	1943	7/29/44	9/11/44	10/3/44	44	22	66	Scrapped 1947
127	No name	LST	808	1943	8/1/44	9/15/44	10/29/44	45	44	89	Torpedoed off Ryukyu Islands 1945 and scuttled
128	No name	LST	809	1943	8/5/44	9/19/44	10/10/44	45	21	66	Scrapped 1947
129	No name	LST	810	1943	8/8/44	9/21/44	10/13/44	44	22	66	Scrapped 1947
130	No name	LST	811	1943	8/12/44	9/23/44	10/18/44	42	25	67	Scrapped 1947
131	No name	LST	812	1943	8/14/44	9/27/44	10/19/44	44	22	66	Scrapped 1947
132	No name	LST	813	1943	8/20/44	9/30/44	10/24/44	41	24	65	Scrapped 1947
133	No name	LST	814	1943	8/25/44	10/4/44	10/27/44	40	23	63	Damaged off Sasebo 1945 and scuttled
134	No name	LST	815	1943	8/28/44	10/7/44	10/30/44	40	23	63	To France 1948 as Odet (L 9005), scrapped 1969
135	No name	LST	816	1943	9/2/44	10/11/44	11/2/44	39	22	61	Scrapped 1947
136	No name	LST	817	1943	9/4/44	10/14/44	11/7/44	40	24	64	Scrapped 1947
137	No name	LST	818	1943	9/8/44	10/18/44	11/9/44	40	22	62	Scrapped 1947
138	Hampshire County	LST	819	1943	9/12/44	10/21/44	11/14/44	39	24	63	Scrapped 1975
139	No name	LST	820	1943	9/14/44	10/25/44	11/16/44	41	22	63	Scrapped 1947
140	Harnett County	LST	821	1943	9/19/44	10/27/44	11/14/44	38	18	56	To Vietnam 1970, to the Philippines 1976 as Sierra Madre (AL 57)
141	Harris County	LST	822	1943	9/20/44	11/1/44	11/23/44	42	22	64	To MSTS 1955, to the Philippines 1976 as Aurora (LT 508)
142	No name	LST	823	1943	9/25/44	11/4/44	11/28/44	40	24	64	Scrapped 1947
143	Henry County	LST	824	1943	9/28/44	11/8/44	11/30/44	41	22	63	To Malaysia 1976 as Sri Banggi (A 1501), harbor service 1992
144	Hickman County	LST	825	1943	10/2/44	11/11/44	12/8/44	40	27	67	To the Philippines 1969 as Cagayan (LT 86)
145	No name	LST	826	1943	10/6/44	11/14/44	12/7/44	39	23	62	Scrapped 1947
146	Hillsborough County	LST	827	1943	10/9/44	11/16/44	12/12/44	38	26	64	Sunk as target 1958
147	No name	LST	828	1943	10/13/44	11/22/44	12/13/44	40	21	61	Scrapped 1947
148	No name	LST	874	1943	10/16/44	11/25/44	12/18/44	40	23	63	To France 1948 as Cheliff (L 9006), scrapped 1969
149	No name	LST	875	1943	10/18/44	11/29/44	12/22/44	42	23	65	To the Philippines 1948 as Misamis Oriental
150	No name	LST	876	1943	10/21/44	12/2/44	12/27/44	42	25	67	Scrapped 1947
151	No name	LST	877	1943	10/25/44	12/6/44	1/1/45	42	26	68	Scrapped 1947
152	No name	LST	878	1943	10/30/44	12/10/44	1/3/45	41	24	65	Scrapped 1947
153	No name	LST	879	1943	11/2/44	12/13/44	1/5/45	41	23	64	Scrapped 1947
154	Lake County	LST	880	1943	11/6/44	12/16/44	1/9/45	40	24	64	Scrapped 1947
155	No name	LST	881	1943	11/10/44	12/20/44	1/15/45	40	26	66	Scrapped 1947
156	No name	LST	882	1943	11/14/44	12/23/44	1/18/45	39	26	65	Scrapped 1947
157	La Moure County	LST	883	1943	11/16/44	12/30/44	1/23/45	44	24	68	Scrapped 1960
158	Saline County	LST	1101	1944	11/22/44	1/3/45	1/26/45	42	23	65	To Germany 1960 as Bottrop (N 121), to Turkey 1976 as Bayraktar (NL 120), active
159	No name	LST	1102	1944	11/23/44	1/10/45	1/29/45	48	19	67	Redesignated Chimon (AG 150) 1949, AKS 31 1951, scrapped 1959
160	No name	LST	1103	1944	11/28/44	1/13/45	1/31/45	46	18	64	Scrapped 1947
161	No name	LST	1104	1944	12/1/44	1/17/45	2/8/45	47	22	69	To Argentina 1947
162	No name	LST	1105	1944	12/5/44	1/20/45	2/13/45	46	24	70	Scrapped 1947
163	No name	LST	1106	1944	12/9/44	1/24/45	2/16/45	46	23	69	Scrapped 1947
164	No name	LST	1107	1944	12/13/44	1/29/45	2/21/45	47	23	70	Scrapped 1947
165	No name	LST	1108	1944	12/16/44	2/1/45	2/27/45	47	26	73	To Argentina 1948
166	No name	LST	1109	1944	12/21/44	2/6/45	2/28/45	47	22	69	Scrapped 1947
167	San Bernadino County	LST	1110	1944	12/28/44	2/9/45	3/7/45	43	26	69	To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Chiang
1	No name	LST	1111	1944	1/2/45	4/9/45	6/9/45	97	61	158	Redesignated Blackford (AKS 16) 1944, APB 45 1945, scrapped 1960
2	No name	LST	1112	1944	1/5/45	4/12/45	6/15/45	97	64	161	Redesignated Dorchester (AKS 17) 1944, APB 46 1945, scrapped 1973
3	No name	LST	1113	1944	1/8/45	4/17/45	6/27/45	99	71	170	Redesignated Kingman (AKS 18) 1944, APB 47 1945, scrapped 1977
4	No name	LST	1114	1944	1/12/45	4/20/45	6/22/45	98	63	161	Redesignated Presque Isle (AKS 19) 1944, APB 48 1945, scrapped 1972

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