American light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62)according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 67.4

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 7.1

Laid down: 17 February 1941

Launched: 20 March 1942

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 21

Date of completion as per contract or order: 3 March 1943

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 3 March 1943

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 20 November 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction:ahead 3.4

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Commissioned on 29 January 1943, decommissioned on 2 January 1947, stricken on  1 March 1959 and sold to be broken up on 12 November 1959.  

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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