American mechanized-artillery transport USS Epping Forest (APM4/LSD-4) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Contracted by Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, California, USA. Gain percentage completion for April 1942=1.0. Gain percentage completion for April 1942=2.0. Number of months between keel laying and completion 12. Contracted date of completion 1 June 1943. Date completion reported by shipyard on 16 August 1943. Latest date completion reported by shipyard 16 August 1943. Of the Ashland-class dock landing ships, succeeded by Casa Grande-class.(1)

Note

1. Laid down on 23 November 1942, launched on 2 April 1943, first time commissioned on 11 October 1943, last time decommissioned and stricken on 31 October 1968 and sold to be broken up on 30 October 1969.

Source

Franklin Roosevelt D. Roosevelt Presidential Library&Museum. Bureau of Ships: reports 1 May 1942 FDR’s President’s Secretary’s Files (psfc000095).