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.  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 to building 171 LSTs in Evansville, Missouri Valley also built LCTs, lighters and seaplane derricks at a plant in Leavenworth KS, on the Missouri River.

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