American light cruiser USS Tucson (CL-98) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Naval History and Heritage Command NH 76579. Being scrapped at the National Metal & Steel Company plant, Terminal Island, California, in 1971-1972

Contractor: Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 4.8

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 0.9

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 22.5

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 December 1944

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

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 October 1944

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: 0

Note

1. Of the Atlanta-class, modified design some times called Oakland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class regarded the machinery not armament and succeeded by Juneau-class. Laid down on 23 December 1942, launched on 3 September 1944, commissioned on 3 February 1945, reclassified CLAA-98 on 18 March 1949, decommissioned on 11 June 1949, stricken on 1 June 1966 and sold to be broken up on 24 February 1971.

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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