American light cruiser USS Wilmington (CL-75) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Independence-class light aircraft carriers

Contractor. New York Shipbuilding Corporation. 

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 16.3

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 3.9

Laid down: 16 March 1942

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 18

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

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 March 1944

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 15 September 1943

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: 5.5 ahead

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Laid down on 16 March 1942, redesignated as a the light aircraft carrier CV-28 of de Independence-class on 2 June 1942, renamed Cabot on 23 June 1942, launched on 4 April 1943, commissioned on 24 July 1943, for the last time decommissioned on 21 January 1955, loaned to the Spanish navy on 30 August 1967, renamed Dédalo, sold to Spain in 1972, stricken from US Navy list on 1 August 1972, stricken from Spanish Navy list in 1989 and broken up in 2002.

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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