In reply address not the signer
of this letter but Bureau of Aeronotics,
Navy Department, Washingon, D.C.
     refer to No.
 
                        NAVY DEPARTMENT
                     BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS
Aer-PL-6-KHK
                           WASHINGTON
 
                  M  E  M  O  R  A  N  D  U  M
 
To:                 Admiral Towers
From:
 
SUBJECT:       Torpedo Planes - The following is the status
               of Torpedo Planes:
 
          1.     On hand -- 100 TBD ' s.
 
          2.     Production schedule of the new Grumman torpedo plane:
                                                                                                                                                     
                                           NAVY              BRITISH                TOTAL            CUMULATIVE
Dec. 1941                 2               -                       2                  2
Jan.  1942                          3               -                       3                  5
Feb. 1942                      8               -                       8                      13
Mar.                          10          -                            10                     23
Apr.                          20               -                      20                      43
May                           30               -                      30                      73
June                          30          -                      30                    103
July                                 40             -                      40                    143
Aug.                          50               -                      50                    193
Sept.                              45             15                       60                    253
Oct.                          55             15                       70                    323
Nov.                          65             15                       80                    403
Dec.                          75             15                       90                    493
Jan. 1943                     85             15                            100                   693
Feb.                          85             15                            100                   793
Mar.                          85             15                            100                   893
Apr.                          85             15                            100                   993
May                           85             15                            100                 1093
June 1943
 
          3.       There is in addition to the foregoing a limited production of torpedo planes
in the United Kingdom estimated to total   86   a month.  now building up to 125 Dec  42.