American light cruiser USS Vicksburg (CL-81) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Cleveland-class light cruisers

Fargo-class light cruisers

Contractor. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 27.5

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 2.7

Laid down: 4 August 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 24.5

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 March 944

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 February 1944

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 20 August 1943

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 5.4

Note

1. Part of Cleveland-class, preceded by Brooklyn-class, succeeded by Fargo-class. Laid down on 4 August 1941, renamed Houston on 12 October 1942, launched on 19 June 1943, commissioned on 20 December 1943, decommissioned on 15 December 1947, stricken on 1 March 1959 and sold to be broken up on 1 June 1961.  

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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