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Monday, 27 December 2021

American light cruiser USS Miami (CL-89) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. William Cramp&Sons Shipbuilding Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 38.1

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 5.6

Laid down: 2 August 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 24

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

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 November 1943

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 August 1943

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 3.0

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down with yard number 532 on 2 August 1941, launched on 8 December 1942, commissioned on 28 December 1943, decommissioned on 30 June 1947, stricken on 1 September 1961 and sold to be broken up on 20 July 1962.  


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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