American heavy repair ship USS Ajax (AR6) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

NavSource. Under way off San Pedro, CA.. 23 November 1943

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

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 53.2

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 7.6

Keel laid: 7 May 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 25

Date of completion as per contract or order: 9 September 1943

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 10 May 1943

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 10 June 1943

Months 11 January 1941 prediction: behind 1

Note

1. Of the Vulcan-class repair ships. Launched on 22 August 1942, commissioned on 30 October 1943, decommissioned on 31 December 1986, stricken on 16 May 1989 and sold to be broken up on 23 May 1997.

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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