American light cruiser USS Columbia (CL-56) 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: 84.2

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 9.5

Laid down: 19 August 1940 [18 August?]

Launched: 17 December 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 22.5/6

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

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

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 15 July 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: 1.6 ahead

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Commissioned on 29 July 192, decommissioned on 30 November 1946, stricken on 1 March 1959 and sold to be broken up on 18 February 1959.

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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