American destroyer USS Lardner (DD487) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

Contractor. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, USA

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 96.0

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 6.5

Laid down: 15 September 1941

Launched: 20 March 1942

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 8

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 November 1942

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 22 May 1942

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 12 May 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 0.3

Note

1. Part of Gleaves-class destroyers, preceded by Benson-class, succeeded by Fletcher-class. Launched on 20 March 1942, commissioned on 13 May 1942, decommissioned on 16 May 1946, sold to Turkey on 10 June 1949 and renamed Gemlik, stricken US Navy list on 15 August 1949, stricken in 1974 and sunk as a target on 21 November 1982.  

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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