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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