American light cruiser USS Buffalo (CL-99) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class

Fargo-class

Independence-class

Contractor. New York Shipbuilding Corporation

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 9.4

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 1.4

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 18

Date of completion as per contract or order: 30 December 1945

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 15 October 1944

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 15 February 1944

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 8.0

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Building ordered on 16 December 1940, to be completed as an Independence-class light aircraft carrier, reclassified as CV-29 and renamed Bataan on 2 June 1942, laid down on 31 August 1942, reclassified as CVL-29 on 15 July 1943, launched on 1 August 1943, commissioned on 17 November 1943, finally decommissioned on 9 April 1954, stricken on 1 September 1959 and sold to be broken up on 19 June 1961.

Sources

Franklin Roosevelt D. Roosevelt Presidential Library&Museum. Bureau of Ships: reports 1 May 1942 FDR’s President’s Secretary’s Files (psfc000095).

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