Women at work in the LST shipyard, aka Rosie the Riveters. In 1942 some 45 acres of riverfront property (approximately where Mead Johnson is now) was made into Evansville Shipyard, with the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Co. contracted to build LSTs (Landing Ship Tank). The first LST was launched even before the yard was completed. At its height, over 19,00 were employed here, and Evansville made more LSTs than any other shipyard in the country. In its only three years of operation, the Evansville Shipyard built 24 ships, 167 LSTs, and 35 other war crafts. The last ship was launched December 12, 1945, a fire swept through the plant in January 1946, and today, nothing remains of this operation.