Kansas City Structural Steel
Kansas City KS
Most recent update: August 30, 2021.
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.
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| Customer | Type | Delivered | Notes | |||
| LCT(5)-37 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2037 | ||
| LCT(5)-38 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2038 | ||
| LCT(5)-39 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2039, lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(5)-40 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2040 | ||
| LCT(5)-41 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2041 | ||
| LCT(5)-42 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2042 | ||
| LCT(5)-43 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2043 | ||
| LCT(5)-44 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2044, lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(5)-45 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2045 | ||
| LCT(5)-46 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2046, lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(5)-47 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2047 | ||
| LCT(5)-48 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2048 | ||
| LCT(5)-49 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2049, lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(5)-50 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2050 | ||
| LCT(5)-51 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2051 | ||
| LCT(5)-52 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2052, lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(5)-53 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2053, lost 1942 | ||
| LCT(5)-54 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2054, lost 1942 | ||
| LCT(5)-55 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2055 | ||
| LCT(5)-56 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2056 | ||
| LCT(5)-57 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | to Britain as LCT-2057 | ||
| LCT(5)-58 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-59 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-60 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-61 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-62 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-63 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-64 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-65 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-66 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | sunk 1945 | ||
| LCT(5)-67 | US Navy | landing craft | Nov 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-68 | US Navy | landing craft | Nov 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-69 | US Navy | landing craft | Oct 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-70 | US Navy | landing craft | Nov 1942 | |||
| LCT(5)-71 | US Navy | landing craft | Nov 1942 | sunk 1943 | ||
| LCT(5)-72 | US Navy | landing craft | Nov 1942 | |||
| LCT(6)-809 | US Navy | landing craft | Dec 1943 | sunk 1944 | ||
| LCT(6)-810 | US Navy | landing craft | Jan 1944 | to Denmark 1963 as Brage (A544), struck 1967 | ||
| LCT(6)-811 | US Navy | landing craft | Jan 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-812 | US Navy | landing craft | Jan 1944 | target at Bikini | ||
| LCT(6)-813 | US Navy | landing craft | Jan 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-814 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-815 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-816 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | target at Bikini | ||
| LCT(6)-817 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | sunk 1946 | ||
| LCT(6)-818 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | target at Bikini | ||
| LCT(6)-819 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-820 | US Navy | landing craft | Feb 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-821 | US Navy | landing craft | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-822 | US Navy | landing craft | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-823 | US Navy | landing craft | Mar 1944 | lost 1944 | ||
| LCT(6)-824 | US Navy | landing craft | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-825 | US Navy | landing craft | Mar 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-826 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-827 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | later LCU-827, to Greece 1959 as Skiathos (L-152), struck 1992 | ||
| LCT(6)-828 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-829 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-830 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-831 | US Navy | landing craft | Apr 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-832 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-833 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-834 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | to France 1946 as L-9093, condemned 1954 as Q8 | ||
| LCT(6)-835 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-836 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-837 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-838 | US Navy | landing craft | May 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-839 | US Navy | landing craft | June 1944 | destroyed 1947 | ||
| LCT(6)-840 | US Navy | landing craft | June 1944 | later LCU-840, YFU-17 | ||
| LCT(6)-841 | US Navy | landing craft | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-842 | US Navy | landing craft | June 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-843 | US Navy | landing craft | June 1944 | later AMCU-1 | ||
| LCT(6)-844 | US Navy | landing craft | July 1944 | later AMCU-2 | ||
| LCT(6)-845 | US Navy | landing craft | July 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-846 | US Navy | landing craft | July 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-847 | US Navy | landing craft | July 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-848 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-849 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | to China 1946 | ||
| LCT(6)-850 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | sold 1946 | ||
| LCT(6)-1271 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | later LCU-1271, to Taiwan 1958 as Ho Yung (L-495), struck 1978 | ||
| LCT(6)-1272 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-1273 | US Navy | landing craft | Aug 1944 | later LCU-1273, to Chile 1960 as Grumete Tellez, struck 1986 | ||
| LCT(6)-1274 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-1275 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-1276 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1944 | |||
| LCT(6)-1277 | US Navy | landing craft | Sep 1944 |