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Friday, 25 February 2022

American destroyer USS Quick (DD490) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

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Contractor. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, USA

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 82.8

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 11.5

Laid down: 3 November 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 8

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 April 1944

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 1 August 1942

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 30 June 1942

Months ahead/behind 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 1.0

Note

1. Of the Gleaves-class destroyers, preceded by Benson-class, succeeded by Fletcher-class, launched on 3 May 1942, commissioned on 3 June 1942, reclassified as DMS-32 on 23 June 1945, decommissioned on 28 May 1949, stricken on 15 January 1972 and sold to be broken up on 27 August 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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