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Monday 21 February 2022

American coastal mine sweeper USS Bold (AMc-67) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942


Contractor. Bristol Yacht Building Co. , South Bristol, Maine, USA 

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 95.0 

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 10.0 

Keel laid:27 August 1941 

Launched: 2 April 1942 

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 8 3/4 

Date of completion as per contract or order: 12 November 1941 

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

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 4 May 1942 

Months 11 January 1941 prediction: 0.5 behind 

Note 

1. Originally named Chief? Part of Accentor-class minesweepers, delivered to the US Navy on 18 May 1944, commissioned on 27 May 1942, decommissioned on 27 December 1945, stricken on 21 January 1946, handed over to the US Maritime Commission (Marcom) for disposal on 22 July.  

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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