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Friday, 17 December 2021

American light cruiser USS Galveston (CL-93) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. William Cramp& Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia. USA.  

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 6.8

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 0.8

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 23

Date of completion as per contract or order: 1 September 1945

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 8 June 1945

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 January 1946

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: behind 6.8

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down with yard number 536 on 20 February 1944, launched on 22 April 1945, building stopped on 24 June 1946, reclassified as guided missile cruiser CLG-93 on 4 February 1956, reclassified CLG-3 on 23 May 1957, converted into a Galveston-class guided missile cruiser Cleveland-subclass, preceded by Boston-class cruisers, succeeded by Providence-class cruisers, between 1958-1960, , commissioned on 28 May 1958, decommissioned on 25 May 1970 and sold to be broken up on 16 May 1975.  

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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