Contractor. William Cramp&Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 9.1
Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 0.8
Number of months between keel laying and completion: 23.5/6
Date of completion as per contract or order: 1 January 1945
Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 15 August 1944
Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 November 1944
Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: behind 2.6
Note
1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down with yard number 534 on 8 December 1942, launched on 20 February 1944, commissioned on 22 December 1944, decommissioned on 30 June 1947, reclassified CLG-5 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 1957-1960, recommissioned on 7 September 1960, reclassified CG-5 on 1 July 1975, decommissioned and stricken on 15 December 1979 and sunk while used as a target bij the South Korean submarine Lee Chun (SS 062) on 27 March 1999.
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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