Home  Large Wartime Shipbuilders  Shipyard Index

Chicago Bridge & Iron, Seneca IL

Most recent update: January 28, 2011.

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company was founded in 1867 and is now a public company with worldwide operations and headquarters in the Netherlands.   The Navy requisitioned the Chicago Bridge facility in Seneca IL in 1942 and invested $6mm in its improvement.  Known as the Prairie Shipyard, it was located on a 200-acre site on the east side of the town.  You can see it clearly from the air on Google here.  After the war it was used for multiple purposes and is now, apparently, a Union Mechling facility.  Note that some of the dry-docks listed at the foot of this table may have been built at other Chicago Bridge facilities.

Name Type Pennant # FY Keel Laid Launched Delivered Days on Ways Days in Water Total Days

Disposition
  YC 471       1918        
  YC 472       1918       Disposed of 1946
  YC 473       1918        
  YC 474       1918        
  YC 475       1918       Later YPK 2, disposed of 1947
  YC 476       1918       Later YPK 3, sold 1948
  YC 482       1918        
  YC 483       1918       Sold 1949
  YC 484       1918       Later YE 32, YFN 236, to MARAD 1948
  YC 485       1918       Later YE 33, YFN 237, to MARAD 1948
No name LST 197 1942 6/15/42 12/13/42 2/5/43 181 54 235 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 198 1942 6/22/42 1/17/43 2/15/43 209 29 238 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
No name LST 199 1942 6/27/42 2/7/43 3/1/43 225 22 247 To Britain 1943, lost at sea 1946
No name LST 200 1942 7/2/42 2/20/43 3/16/43 233 24 257 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1948
No name LST 201 1942 7/13/42 3/2/43 4/2/43 232 31 263 Pontus (AGP 20) 1944, scrapped 1947
No name LST 202 1942 7/15/42 3/16/43 4/9/43 244 24 268 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 203 1942 7/2/42 3/25/43 4/22/43 266 28 294 Wrecked and abandoned in the Ellice Islands 1943
No name LST 204 1942 7/24/42 4/3/43 4/27/43 253 24 277 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 205 1942 8/5/42 4/13/43 5/15/43 251 32 283 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 206 1942 8/6/42 4/21/43 6/7/43 258 47 305 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 207 1942 9/6/42 4/29/43 6/9/43 235 41 276 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 208 1942 9/6/42 5/22/43 6/8/43 258 17 275 Scrapped 1947
Bamberg County LST 209 1942 9/6/42 5/29/43 6/10/43 265 12 277 To MSTS 1946, scrapped 1961
No name LST 210 1942 9/6/42 6/5/43 7/6/43 272 31 303 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 211 1942 9/6/42 6/5/43 7/6/43 272 31 303 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 212 1942 12/6/42 6/12/43 7/6/43 188 24 212 Sold private 1947
No name LST 213 1942 12/21/42 6/16/43 7/7/43 177 21 198 To Korea 1947
No name LST 214 1942 12/29/42 6/22/43 7/7/43 175 15 190 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
No name LST 215 1942 1/7/43 6/26/43 7/12/43 170 16 186 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
No name LST 216 1942 1/23/43 7/4/43 7/23/43 162 19 181 To Britain 1943, sunk by aircraft-launched torpedo off Cherbourg 1944
No name LST 217 1942 2/2/43 7/13/43 7/30/43 161 17 178 To Britain 1943, scrapped 1947
No name LST 218 1942 2/11/43 7/20/43 8/12/43 159 23 182 To Korea 1955 as Bi Bong
No name LST 219 1942 2/15/43 7/27/43 8/19/43 162 23 185 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 220 1942 3/4/43 8/3/43 8/26/43 152 23 175 Scuttled at Bikini 1948 
No name LST 221 1942 3/9/43 8/7/43 9/2/43 151 26 177 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 222 1942 3/16/43 8/17/43 9/10/43 154 24 178 To MSTS 1952, to the Philippines 1972 as Mindoro Occidental (LT 93)
No name LST 223 1942 3/31/43 8/24/43 9/17/43 146 24 170 To State Dept. 1947, to France 1951 as Rance (L 9004), decommissioned 1961
No name LST 224 1942 4/2/43 8/31/43 9/23/43 151 23 174 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 225 1942 4/14/43 9/4/43 10/2/43 143 28 171 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 226 1942 4/16/43 9/14/43 10/8/43 151 24 175 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 227 1942 5/10/43 9/21/43 10/16/43 134 25 159 To Korea 1955 as Duk Bong
No name LST 228 1942 5/10/43 9/25/43 10/25/43 138 30 168 Wrecked and abandoned in the Azores 1944
No name LST 229 1942 5/20/43 10/5/43 11/3/43 138 29 167 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 230 1942 5/27/43 10/12/43 11/3/43 138 22 160 Portunus (AGP 4) 1946, to MSTS 1952, to the Philippines 1976 as Laguna (LT 501)
No name LST 231 1942 6/3/43 10/19/43 2/8/44 138 112 250 Atlas (ARL 7) 1943, scrapped 1972
No name LST 232-236 1942             Cancelled 1942
No name LST 132 1942 6/27/43 10/26/43 12/23/43 118 28 146 Zeus (ARB 4) 1943, sold 1977, converted 1988 to fish processor ship Coastal Star: see picture at http://www.icicleseafoods.com/locations/vsl/about.htm
No name LST 133 1942 6/24/43 11/2/43 11/29/43 131 27 158 Sunk as target 1948
No name LST 134 1942 6/14/43 11/9/43 12/7/43 148 28 176 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 135 1942 7/8/43 11/16/43 4/25/44 131 161 292 Orestes (AGP 10) 1943, scrapped 1948
No name LST 136 1942 6/19/43 12/10/43 5/9/44 162 151 313 Egeria (ARL 8) 1943, scrapped 1980
No name LST 511 1943 7/22/43 11/30/43 1/3/44 131 34 165 Scrapped 1947
Burnett County LST 512 1943 7/22/43 12/10/43 1/8/44 141 29 170 To Peru as Paita (L 35), 1957, struck 1983
No name LST 513 1943 8/23/43 12/17/43 5/9/44 54 144 198 Endymion (ARL 9 ) 1944, scrapped 1973
No name LST 514 1943 8/31/43 12/24/43 5/23/44 53 151 204 Midas (ARB 5) 1944, scrapped 1980
Caddo Parish LST 515 1943 9/3/43 12/31/43 1/28/44 119 28 147 To the Philippines 1969 as Bataan
Calaveras County LST 516 1943 9/6/43 1/7/44 1/31/44 123 24 147 Struck 1958
No name LST 517 1943 9/10/43 1/15/44 2/7/44 127 23 150 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 518 1943 9/13/43 1/20/44 2/24/44 129 35 164 Nestor (ARB 6) 1944, wrecked off Okinawa in a typhoon 1945, scrapped 1947
Calhoun County LST 519 1943 9/17/43 1/25/44 2/17/44 130 23 153 Sunk as target 1962
No name LST 520 1943 9/24/43 1/31/44 2/28/44 129 28 157 To Taiwan 1958 as Chung Shu
Cape May County LST 521 1943 10/4/43 12/13/43 3/9/44 70 87 157 Struck 1959
No name LST 522 1943 10/2/43 2/11/44 3/1/44 132 19 151 Scrapped 1948
No name LST 600 1943 10/6/43 2/28/44 3/20/44 145 21 166 To MSTS 1952, wrecked 1968
Clarke County LST 601 1943 10/21/43 3/4/44 3/25/44 135 21 156 To Indonesia 1961 as Teluk Saleh (L 510), scrapped 2011
Clearwater County LST 602 1943 10/23/43 3/9/44 3/31/44 138 22 150 To USAF 1957, to Mexico 1972 as Manzanillo, active
Coconino County LST 603 1943 11/5/43 3/14/44 4/5/44 155 22 177 To Vietnam 1969 as Vung Tau (HQ 503), active
No name LST 604 1943 10/28/43 3/20/44 4/3/44 157 14 171 Silenus (AGP 11) 1944, sold 1948
No name LST 605 1943 9/30/43 3/29/44 4/14/44 181 16 197 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 606 1943 11/27/43 4/3/44 4/24/44 128 21 149 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 607 1943 12/2/43 4/7/44 4/24/44 127 17 144 To the Philippines 1976 as Leyte del Sur (LT 505)
No name LST 608 1943 12/4/43 4/11/44 4/15/44 129 4 133 To Korea 1946 as Ulsan
No name LST 609 1943 12/10/43 4/15/44 5/15/44 127 30 157 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 610 1943 12/16/43 4/19/44 5/15/44 125 26 151 Scrapped 1947
Crook County LST 611 1943 12/17/43 4/26/44 5/15/44 131 19 150 In reserve 1956, disposition unknown
No name LST 612 1943 12/18/43 4/29/44 5/16/44 133 17 150 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 613 1943 1/21/44 5/2/44 5/19/44 102 17 119 To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1971 as Persistence (L 205), struck 1992
No name LST 614 1943 1/28/44 5/6/44 5/22/44 99 16 115 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 615 1943 2/4/44 5/9/44 5/26/44 95 17 112 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 616 1943 2/12/44 5/12/44 5/29/44 90 17 107 To Indonesia 1961 as Teluk Bajur (L 502), scrapped 2011
No name LST 617 1943 2/17/44 5/15/44 6/1/44 88 17 105 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 618 1943 2/23/44 5/19/44 6/3/44 86 15 101 To US Army 1946, scrapped 1947
No name LST 619 1943 3/8/44 5/22/44 6/5/44 75 14 89 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 620 1943 3/11/44 5/30/44 6/17/44 80 18 98 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 621 1943 3/15/44 6/2/44 6/21/44 79 19 98 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 622 1943 3/15/44 6/8/44 6/26/44 85 18 103 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 623 1943 3/17/44 6/12/44 6/29/44 87 17 104 To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1971 as Perseverance (L 206), struck 1992
No name LST 624 1943 3/22/44 6/16/44 7/3/44 86 17 103 To Korea 1947
No name LST 625 1943 3/30/44 6/20/44 7/10/44 82 20 102 To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1955
No name LST 626 1943 3/31/44 6/27/44 7/15/44 88 18 106 To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1973
No name LST 627 1943 4/8/44 7/1/44 7/20/44 84 19 103 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 628 1943 4/10/44 7/4/44 7/31/44 85 27 112 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 629 1943 4/13/44 7/8/44 7/28/44 86 20 106 To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1971 as Excellence (L 202), active
No name LST 630 1943 4/14/44 7/13/44 8/4/44 90 22 112 To MSTS 1952, scrapped 1974
No name LST 631 1943 4/19/44 7/18/44 8/9/44 90 22 112 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 632 1943 4/26/44 7/21/44 8/12/44 86 22 108 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 633 1943 5/3/44 7/27/44 8/17/44 85 21 106 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 634 1943 5/13/44 8/1/44 8/22/44 80 21 101 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 635 1943 5/17/44 8/7/44 8/26/44 82 19 101 To State Dept. 1946
No name LST 636 1943 5/22/44 8/11/44 8/31/44 81 20 101 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 637 1943 5/24/44 8/18/44 9/5/44 86 18 104 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 638 1943 5/25/44 8/23/44 9/8/44 90 16 106 Sunk as target 1948
No name LST 639 1943 5/26/44 8/28/44 9/14/44 94 17 111 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 640 1943 5/27/44 8/31/44 9/18/44 96 18 114 To China 1946
No name LST 641 1943 6/1/44 9/4/44 9/22/44 95 18 113 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 642 1943 6/5/44 9/8/44 9/28/44 95 20 115 CTL 1948, abandoned
No name LST 643 1943 6/10/44 9/12/44 10/2/44 94 20 114 To MSTS 1952, struck 1973
No name LST 644 1943 6/16/44 9/15/44 9/26/44 91 11 102 Minos (ARL 14) 1944, struck 1960
No name LST 645 1943 6/20/44 9/20/44 9/30/44 92 10 102 Minotaur (ARL 15) 1944, to Korea 1955
No name LST 646 1943 6/30/44 9/25/44 10/13/44 87 18 105 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 647 1943 7/5/44 9/28/44 10/19/44 85 21 106 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 648 1943 7/7/44 10/3/44 10/21/44 88 18 106 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 649 1943 7/19/44 10/6/44 10/26/44 79 20 99 To MSTS 1952, to Singapore 1975 as Resolution (L 204), struck 1992
No name LST 650 1943 7/20/44 10/10/44 10/21/44 82 11 93 Pandemus (ARL 18) 1944, sunk as target 1969
No name LST 651 1943 7/24/44 10/16/44 11/4/44 84 19 103 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 652 1943 7/24/44 10/19/44 11/1/44 87 13 100 To MSTS 1952, to Indonesia 1961 as Teluk Kau (L 504), scrapped 2011
Ford County LST 772 1943 8/3/44 10/24/44 11/13/44 82 20 102 Sunk as target 1958
No name LST 773 1943 8/15/44 10/27/44 11/17/44 73 21 94 Antigone (AGP 16) 1944, to NDRF 1948
No name LST 774 1943 8/5/44 10/31/44 11/20/44 87 20 107 Scrapped 1947
Juniata County LST 850 1943 8/15/44 11/3/44 11/27/44 80 24 104 Sunk as target 1958
No name LST 851 1943 8/10/44 11/8/44 11/30/44 90 22 112 To Argentina 1946
No name LST 852 1943 8/16/44 11/13/44 11/24/44 89 11 100 ARL 23 Satyr (ARL 23) 1944, to Vietnam 1971, to the Philippines 1977
Kane County LST 853 1943 8/30/44 11/17/44 12/11/44 79 24 103 To Korea 1958 as Su Yong
Kemper County LST 854 1943 8/30/44 11/20/44 12/14/44 82 24 106 To Barbados 1975
Kent County LST 855 1943 9/6/44 11/27/44 12/21/44 82 24 106 Sunk as target 1958
No name LST 856 1943 9/16/44 12/1/44 12/23/44 76 22 98 Scrapped 1947
King County LST 857 1943 9/19/44 12/6/44 12/29/44 78 23 101 AG 157 1958, sold 1961
No name LST 858 1943 10/17/44 11/11/44 12/22/44 25 41 56 Stentor (ARL 26) 1944, scrapped 1960
Lafayette County LST 859 1943 9/26/44 12/15/44 1/6/45 80 22 102 To Taiwan 1946 as Chung Cheng
No name LST 860 1943 9/23/44 12/19/44 1/13/45 87 25 112 To France 1949 as Adour (L 9007), accommodation ship 1955
No name LST 1115 1944 9/29/44 12/22/44 6/7/45 84 167 251 Pentheus (ARL 20) 1945, scrapped 1960
No name LST 1116 1944 10/2/44 12/28/44 1/9/45 87 12 99 Proserpine (ARL 21) 1945, scrapped 1960
No name LST 1117 1944 10/10/44 1/2/45 6/5/45 84 154 238 Tantalus (ARL 27) 1945, scrapped 1947
No name LST 1118 1944 10/17/44 1/5/45 1/18/45 80 13 93 Typhon (ARL 28) 1945, scrapped 1960
No name LST 1119 1944 10/19/44 1/11/45 6/23/45 84 163 247 Diomedes (ARB 11) 1945, to Germany 1960 as Wotan (A 513)
No name LST 1120 1944 10/20/44 1/16/45 2/9/45 88 24 112 Scrapped 1948
No name LST 1121 1944 10/25/44 1/19/45 7/3/45 86 165 251 Demeter (ARB 10) 1945, scrapped 1959
San Joaquin County LST 1122 1944 10/30/44 1/24/45 2/14/45 86 21 107 Struck 1972
Sedgwick County LST 1123 1944 11/1/44 1/29/45 2/19/45 89 21 110 To Malaysia 1976 as Rajah Jerom (A 1502), harbor service 1992
No name LST 1124 1944 11/6/44 2/1/45 6/28/45 87 147 234 Amphitrite (ARL 29) 1945, scrapped 1961
No name LST 1125 1944 11/15/44 2/6/45 8/14/45 83 189 272 Brontes (AGP 17) 1945, scrapped 1946
Snohomish County LST 1126 1944 11/16/44 2/9/45 2/28/45 85 19 104 Scrapped 1970
No name LST 1127 1944 11/23/44 2/14/45 2/26/45 83 12 95 Helios (ARB 12) 1945, to Brazil 1962 as Belmonte (G 24), scrapped 1995
Solano County LST 1128 1944 11/23/44 2/19/45 3/9/45 88 18 106 To Indonesia 1958 as Teluk Langsa (L 501), active
Somervell County LST 1129 1944 11/29/44 2/22/45 3/6/45 85 12 97 Scrapped 1958
No name LST 1130 1944 12/5/44 2/27/45 3/20/45 84 21 105 Wrecked 1948, abandoned
No name LST 1131 1944 12/8/44 3/2/45 3/15/45 84 13 97 Askari (ARL 30) 1945, to Indonesia 1971
No name LST 1132 1944 12/12/44 3/7/45 3/19/45 85 12 97 Bellerophon (ARL 31) 1945, scrapped 1977
No name LST 1133 1944 12/16/44 3/10/45 9/18/45 84 192 276 Chiron (AGP 18) 1945, scrapped 1947
Stark County LST 1134 1944 12/18/44 3/16/45 4/7/45 88 22 110 To Thailand 1962 as Pangan (LST 3), active
No name LST 1135 1944 12/26/44 3/21/45 4/12/45 85 22 107 Scrapped 1948
No name LST 1136 1944 12/27/44 3/26/45 4/6/45 89 11 100 Bellona (ARL 32) 1945, scrapped 1945
No name LST 1137 1944 1/3/45 3/30/45 8/7/45 86 130 216 Chimaera (ARL 33) 1945, scrapped 1961
Steuben County LST 1138 1944 1/6/45 4/5/45 4/24/45 89 19 108 Scrapped 1961
No name LST 1139 1944 1/15/45 4/9/45 4/27/45 84 18 102 Scrapped 1947
No name LST 1140 1944 1/17/45 4/13/45 5/4/45 86 21 107 Scrapped 1950
Stone County LST 1141 1944 1/22/45 4/18/45 5/9/45 86 21 107 To Thailand 1973 as Lanta (LST 4), active
Strafford County LST 1142 1944 1/25/45 4/23/45 5/12/45 88 19 107 Scrapped 1958
No name LST 1143 1944 1/31/45 4/27/45 10/19/45 86 175 261 Daedalus (ARL 35) 1945, scrapped 1960
Sublette County LST 1144 1944 2/3/45 5/2/45 5/28/45 88 26 114 To China 1946 as Chung Yeh
No name LST 1145 1944 2/5/45 5/7/45 9/14/45 91 130 221 Gordius (ARL 36) 1945, scrapped 1961
Summit County LST 1146 1944 2/10/45 5/11/45 5/30/45 90 19 109 To Ecuador 1977 as Hualcopo (T 61), active
No name LST 1147 1944 2/12/45 5/21/45 10/2/45 98 134 232 Indra (ARL 37) 1945, scrapped 1977
Sumner County LST 1148 1944 2/15/45 5/23/45 6/9/45 97 17 114 Scrapped 1970
No name LST 1149 1944 2/23/45 5/25/45 12/3/45 91 192 283 Krishna (ARL 38) 1945, to the Philippines 1971
Sutter County LST 1150 1944 3/1/45 5/30/45 6/20/45 90 21 111 Scrapped 1974
No name LST 1151 1944 3/3/45 6/4/45 11/6/45 93 155 248 Quirinus (ARL 39) 1945, to Venezuela 1962 as Guyana (T 31), struck 1984
Sweetwater County LST 1152 1944 3/15/45 6/8/45 6/30/45 85 22 107 To China 1946 as Chung Ming
12 tank barges DPC 408-419                
  YD 120       1943       Struck 2001
  YD 121       1943       Sold 2004
  YFN 611       1943       Disposed of 1946
  YFN 612       1943       Disposed of 1946
  YFN 613       1943       Disposed of 1946
  YFD 6       12/43       Later AFDM 3, to Bender SB 2000
  AFD 1       9/43       Later AFDL 1, to the Dominican Republic 1986
  AFD 2       10/43       Later AFDL 2, sold 1986
  AFD 3       11/43       Later AFDL 3
  AFD 4       12/43       Later AFDL 4, to Brazil 1966
  AFD 5       1/44       Later AFDL 5, to Taiwan 1958
  AFD 6       2/44       Later AFDL 6, to Norfolk NSY
  AFD 7       3/44       Later AFDL 7, scrapped 1982
  AFD 8       4/44       Later AFDL 8, reefed 1981
  AFD 9       5/44       Later AFDL 9, scrapped 1982
  AFD 10       6/44       Later AFDL 10, to the Philippines 1987
  AFD 11       7/44       Later AFDL 11, to Cambodia 1971
  ABSD 3C       5/44       Later AFDB 3C, to Rijeka, Croatia, 2000
  ABSD 3E       5/44       Later AFDB 3E, to Rijeka, Croatia, 2000
  ABSD 7A       12/44       Later AFDB 7A, to Brownsville TX 1995
  ABSD 7B       12/44       Later AFDB 7B, to Brownsville TX 1995
  ABSD 7C       12/44       Later AFDB 7C, to Brownsville TX 1995
  ABSD 7D       12/44       Later AFDB 7D, to Brownsville TX 1995
Richland YFD 64       12/44       Later AFDM 8, to Guam 1997
  YFD 65       12/44       Later AFDM 9, sold 1989
Resolute YFD 67       1/45       Later AFDM 10, to Vigor Seattle