KANSAS CITY STRUCTURAL STEEL Kansas City KS |
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Most recent update: August 30, 2021. |
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The Kansas City Structural Steel Company was founded in 1907, by Howard Fitch and Olaf Smith. The main plant was on the site of an old smelting works at 21st Street and Metropolitan Avenue, on the Kaw River. During WWI they supplied structural steel and rudders to the Hog Island shipyard in Philadelphia. During WWII, they built 407 landing craft for the Navy: in addition to the 85 LCTs listed here, they built LCM(6)s and LCM(3)s, but the records are not clear on the details. To handle this output, they developed a second yard for outfitting, at a site on the Missouri River in the Fairfax district. If anyone can provide any information about the boats they built, please e-mail it to me at timcolton@aol.com. |
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Hull # | O.N. | Navy Type | Pennant # | Customer | Type | Delivery | Disposition |
LCT(5) | 37 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2037 | ||
LCT(5) | 38 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2038 | ||
LCT(5) | 39 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2039, lost 1944 | ||
LCT(5) | 40 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2040 | ||
LCT(5) | 41 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2041 | ||
LCT(5) | 42 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2042 | ||
LCT(5) | 43 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2043 | ||
LCT(5) | 44 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2044, lost 1944 | ||
LCT(5) | 45 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-42 | To Britain as LCT 2045 | ||
LCT(5) | 46 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2046, lost 1944 | ||
LCT(5) | 47 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2047 | ||
LCT(5) | 48 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2048 | ||
LCT(5) | 49 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2049, lost 1944 | ||
LCT(5) | 50 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2050 | ||
LCT(5) | 51 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2051 | ||
LCT(5) | 52 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2052, lost 1944 | ||
LCT(5) | 53 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2053, lost 1942 | ||
LCT(5) | 54 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2054, lost 1942 | ||
LCT(5) | 55 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2055 | ||
LCT(5) | 56 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2056 | ||
LCT(5) | 57 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | To Britain as LCT 2057 | ||
LCT(5) | 58 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 59 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 60 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 61 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 62 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 63 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 64 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 65 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 66 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | Sunk 1945 | ||
LCT(5) | 67 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Nov-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 68 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Nov-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 69 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Oct-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 70 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Nov-42 | |||
LCT(5) | 71 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Nov-42 | Sunk 1943 | ||
LCT(5) | 72 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Nov-42 | |||
LCT(6) | 809 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Dec-43 | Sunk 1944 | ||
LCT(6) | 810 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jan-44 | To Denmark 1963 as Brage (A544), struck 1967 | ||
LCT(6) | 811 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jan-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 812 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jan-44 | Target at Bikini | ||
LCT(6) | 813 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jan-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 814 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 815 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 816 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | Target at Bikini | ||
LCT(6) | 817 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | Sunk 1946 | ||
LCT(6) | 818 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | Target at Bikini | ||
LCT(6) | 819 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 820 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Feb-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 821 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 822 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 823 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | Lost 1944 | ||
LCT(6) | 824 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 825 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Mar-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 826 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 827 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | Later LCU 827, to Greece 1959 as Skiathos (L 152), struck 1992 | ||
LCT(6) | 828 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 829 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 830 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 831 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Apr-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 832 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 833 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 834 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | To France 1946 as L 9093, condemned 1954 as Q8 | ||
LCT(6) | 835 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 836 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 837 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 838 | US Navy | Landing Craft | May-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 839 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | Destroyed 1947 | ||
LCT(6) | 840 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | Later LCU 840, YFU 17 | ||
LCT(6) | 841 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 842 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 843 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jun-44 | Later AMCU 1 | ||
LCT(6) | 844 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-44 | Later AMCU 2 | ||
LCT(6) | 845 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 846 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 847 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Jul-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 848 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 849 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | To China 1946 | ||
LCT(6) | 850 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | Sold 1946 | ||
LCT(6) | 1271 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | Later LCU 1271, to Taiwan 1958 as Ho Yung (L 495), struck 1978 | ||
LCT(6) | 1272 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 1273 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Aug-44 | Later LCU 1273, to Chile 1960 as Grumete Tellez, struck 1986 | ||
LCT(6) | 1274 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 1275 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 1276 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-44 | |||
LCT(6) | 1277 | US Navy | Landing Craft | Sep-44 | |||
LCM(3) | US Navy | Landing Craft | Uncertain numbers and dates | ||||
LCM(6) | US Navy | Landing Craft | Uncertain numbers and dates |