American light cruiser USS Provindence (CL-82) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 3.8

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 0.5

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 21

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 December 1945

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 July 1945

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 15 February 1945

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 4.5

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down on 27 July 1943, launched on 28 December 1944, commissioned on 15 May 1945, decommissioned on 14 June 1949, reclassified CLG-6 on 23 May 1957, converted into a Providence-class guided missile cruisers Cleveland sub-class, preceded by Galveston-class, succeeded by Long Beach-class between 1957-1959, recommissioned on 17 September 1959, decommissioned on 31 August 1973, reclassified CG-6 on 1 July 1975, stricken on 30 September 1978 and sold to be broken up on 15 July 1980.  

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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