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Friday 31 December 2021

American light cruiser USS Pasadena (CL-65) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 16.5

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 2.3

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 20.5

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

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 15 April 1944

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

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: behind 1.5

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded Fargo-class. Laid down on 6 February 1943, launched on 28 December 1943, commissioned on 8 June 1944, decommissioned on 12 January 1950, stricken on 1 December 1970 and sold to be broken up on 5 July 1972.  

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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