American destroyer USS Fitch (DD462) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Contractor. Boston Navy Yard.

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 99.8

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 1.3

Laid down: 6 January 1942

Launched: 14 June 1942

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 16

Date of completion as per contract or order: 12 April 1942

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 20 March 1942

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 6 May 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: behind 1.6

Commissioned: 3 February 1942.  

Note

1. Part of Gleaves-class destroyers, preceded by Benson-class, succeeded by Fletcher-class. Commissioned on 3 February 1942, decommissioned on 24 February 1956, stricken on 1 July 1971 and sunk while used as a target off Florida, USA on 15 November 1973.  

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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