APPENDI X I.
DECISION ON PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR CATAGORIES OR
MATERIALS RECOMMENDED BY THE NAVY
(A) 1. (Cont'd)
d. Schedule of Naval Ship Deliveries.
Deliveries of large combatant naval vessals no under construction, authorized and proposed should be planned in accordance with this table:
Jul-Dec
1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
BB- Battleships 2 3 3 2 3 4
CV- Carriers 1 - - 6 5 6
CB- Large Cruisers - - - - 6 4
CA- Heavy Cruisers - - 3 1 4 -
CL- Light Cruisers 1 7 14 17 8 9
DD- Destroyers 9 55 100 99 13 -
SS- Submarines 2 26 31 36 31 2
e. Naval Aircraft.
Four Twin Single Engined Engined Engined Total
Combitant aircraft assigned
to tactical units 294 862 7,558 8,714
Combatant aircraft assigned
as reserves and spares 147 431 7,558 8,136
Total Combatant Aircraft 441 1,293 15,116 16,850
Training, Administrative and
Miscellaneous 24 382 3,812 4,218
Total 465 1,675 18,928 21,068
Annual Replacement 600 1,400 16,500 18,000
Note: Overall replacement requirements, during war operations, and including active and
inactive theatres, are estimated at approxiamately 100 per cent per year for combatant aircraft,
and 40 per cent per year for all others.