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Wednesday, 12 January 2022

American light cruiser USS Duluth (CL-87) 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: 19

Date of completion as per contract or order: -

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 30 December 1944

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 29 February 1944

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 10.0

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down on 9 November 1942, launched on 13 January 1944, commissioned on 18 September 1944, decommissioned and placed in reserve on 25 June 1949 and sold to be broken up on 14 November 1960.  

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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