American light cruiser USS Springfield (CL-66) 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: 14.5

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 1.1

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 22

Date of completion as per contract or order: 1 September 1944

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 September 1944

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction:0.6 behind

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Laid down on 13 February 1943, launched on 9 March 1944, commissioned on 9 September 1944, decommissioned on 30 September 1944, converted into a Providence-class guided missile cruisers Cleveland sub-class, preceded by Galveston-class, succeeded by Long Beach-class between 1957-1960, since 23 May 1957 classified as CLG-7, recommissioned 2 July 1960, decommissioned on 15 May 1974, classified as CG-7 on 1 July 1975, stricken on 31 July 1980 and sold to be broken up on 11 March 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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