American light cruiser USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-90) 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: 28.9

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 4.2

Laid down 6 September 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 23.5/6

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

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 20 March 1944

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

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 6.6

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down with yard number 533 as Wilkes-Barre on 6 September 1941, renamed Astoria after this cruiser sunk on 9 August 1942, launched on 6 March 1943, commissioned on 17 May 1944, decommissioned on 1 July 1949, stricken on 1 November 1969 and sold to be broken up on 12 January 1971.  

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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