American light cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-55)according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class

Fargo-class

Contractor: New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 91.4

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 11.0

Laid down: 1 July 1940

Launched: 1 November 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 23

Date of completion as per contract or order: 23 March 1943

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 July 1942

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 June 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: 1 ahead

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Building ordered on 17 May 1938, hull number 423, commissioned on 15 June 1942, decommissioned on 7 February 1947, stricken on 1 March 1959 and sold tob e broken up on 18 February 1960.

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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