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Saturday 8 January 2022

American light cruiser USS Cheyenne (CL-86) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor: construction changed from Fed. S.B.&D.D. Co. to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA.  

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: -

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: -

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 18.25

Date of completion as per contract or order: -

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 8 July 1944

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 30 December 1943

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 6.3

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down as Cheyenne on 26 October 1942, renamed Vicksburg on 26 November 1942, launched on 14 December 1943, commissioned on 12 June 1944, decommissioned on 30 June 1947, stricken on 1 October 1962 and sold to be broken up on 25 August 1964.  

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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