Darby Corporation
Kansas City KS
Most recent update: August 30, 2021.
In 1938, Harry Darby Jr. purchased the failing Kaw Steel Construction Company from his father and organized the Darby Corporation, which would grow to become one of the largest steel plate manufacturers in the nation. During World War II, Darby operated the biggest shipyard in the region, at the junction of the Kaw and the Missouri rivers, in Kansas City KS. At one stage during the war, LCMs were being launched into the Kaw River at the rate of one a day. The company eventually built 62 LCTs and over 1,300 LCMs, which were sent downriver to New Orleans for shipment overseas. Darby was also a major wartime producer of locomotives and 1,000-pound bombs. After the war, Harry Darby became a U.S. Senator from Kansas and the Darby Corporation continued to produce steel products, including railroad equipment and water towers. It closed in 1989.
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| Navy Type | Pennant # | Customer | Type | Tons | LOA | Delivered | Notes | ||
| LCT(5) | 288 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | |||
| LCT(5) | 289 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 290 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | |||
| LCT(5) | 291 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 292 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 293 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | sunk 1943 | ||
| LCT(5) | 294 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | sunk 1944 | ||
| LCT(5) | 295 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 296 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 297 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Sep 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 298 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5) | 299 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | sunk 1943 | ||
| LCT(5) | 300 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5) | 301 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 302 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 303 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 304 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 305 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain, sunk 1944 | ||
| LCT(5) | 306 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCT(5) | 307 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 133 | 114 | Oct 1942 | to Britain | ||
| LCM | US Navy | landing craft, medium | 26 | 50 | 1942-44 | more than 1300 in total | |||
| LCT(6) | 851 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Dec 1943 | later YFU-60 | ||
| LCT(6) | 852 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Jan 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 853 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Jan 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 854 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Jan 1944 | later YDT-9 | ||
| LCT(6) | 855 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Jan 1944 | to Peru 1959 | ||
| LCT(6) | 856 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Jan 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 857 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 858 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 859 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 860 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 861 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | to Thailand 1946 | ||
| LCT(6) | 862 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 863 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 864 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 865 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 866 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 867 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 868 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 869 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Mar 1944 | later YFU-18 | ||
| LCT(6) | 870 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 871 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 872 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 873 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 874 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | target at Bikini | ||
| LCT(6) | 875 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 876 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 877 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | later YFU-19 | ||
| LCT(6) | 878 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 879 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 880 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 881 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 882 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 883 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 884 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 885 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 886 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 887 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | later AMCU-3 | ||
| LCT(6) | 888 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | June 1944 | later AMCU-4 | ||
| LCT(6) | 889 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | July 1944 | later AMCU-5 | ||
| LCT(6) | 890 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | July 1944 | later AMCU-6 | ||
| LCT(6) | 891 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | July 1944 | |||
| LCT(6) | 892 | US Navy | landing craft, tank | 143 | 120 | July 1944 | to China 1946 |