Eads Union Iron Works

UNION IRON WORKS Carondelet MO
Most recent update: May 18, 2016.
The legendary James B. Eads bought the Carondelet Marine Railway Company in 1861 and used it to build seven gunboats and seven monitors for the U.S. Navy, as well as for conversion and repair work. The yard was located at the foot of Davis Street in St. Louis, on the site later used by St. Louis Ship: see it from the air on Google here.
Hull #	O.N.	Original Name	Original Owner	Ship Type	LDT	Feet	Delivery	Disposition
Built in Mound City IL
		Cairo	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		25-Jan-62	Sunk by a mine in the Yazoo River 12-Dec-62
		Cincinnati	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		16-Jan-62	Sold 1866
		Mound City	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		16-Jan-62	Sold for scrap 1865
Built in Carondelet MO
		Carondelet	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		15-Jan-62	Sold 1865, wrecked and sank in the Ohio River 1873
		Louisville	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		16-Jan-62	Sold 1865
		Pittsburgh	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		25-Jan-62	Sold for scrap 1865
		St. Louis	U.S. Navy	Gunboat	512		31-Jan-62	Renamed Baron De Kalb 8-Sep-82, sunk by a mine off Yazoo City 13-Jul-63
		Neosho	U.S. Navy	Monitor	523		13-May-63	Later Vixen 1869, Osceola 1869, sold 1873
		Osage	U.S. Navy	Monitor	523		10-Jul-63	Sunk by a mine in the Blakely River 29-Mar-65
		Oswego	U.S. Navy	Monitor	523		10-Jul-63	Sunk by a mine in the Blakely River 29-Mar-65
		Chickasaw	U.S. Navy	Monitor	970		14-May-64	Later Samson 1869, Chickasaw 1869, sold 1874, Goldsboro 1882, sank 1950s
		Winnebago	U.S. Navy	Monitor	1,300		27-Apr-64	Later Tornado 1869, Winnebago 1869, sold 1874, later Peru's Manco Capac
		Kickapoo	U.S. Navy	Monitor	1,300		8-Jul-64	Later Cyclops 1869, Kewaydin 1869, sold 1874
		Milwaukee	U.S. Navy	Monitor	1,300		27-Aug-64	Sunk by a mine in the Blakely River 29-Mar-65