American heavy hulls repair ship Jason (ARH-1) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

NavSourc. Painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 4Ax

Contractor. Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California, USA

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 14.7

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 4.3

Keel laid: 9 March 1942

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 21½

Date of completion as per contract or order: 30 July 1944

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

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 15 December 1943

Months 11 January 1941 prediction: 0.6 ahead

Note

1. Of the Vulcan-class repair ships. Launched on 3 April 1943, commissioned on 19 June 1944, decommissioned and stricken on 24 June 1995, reclassified  AR-8 on 9 September 1957and broken up in 2007.

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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