APPENDIX D

Estimate of Approximate Personnel, Space and Equipment Required by Convoy and Routing Section Based on Experience of Period 1943-1945

  Officersb Enlisted
Personnelb
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Desks Tables Filing
Cabinets
Director 1 1 484 1 1 1
Assistant Director 1 0 484 2 1 1
Merchant Ship Plot 8 6 1452 10 6c 4
Merchant Ship Record 8 8 726 8 1 13f
Convoy Control (or Administration) 1 1 484 2 1 1
Convoy Plot 17 1 1210 9 2d 13e
Convoy Schedule 2 0 484 2 1 0
Staff Assistants 2g 1 484 5 2 2
Administrative Assist. (Secretary) 1 4 484 4 0 6
Communications 6 13 1452 9 4 13
Total 47g 35 7744 52 19 54
(a) 484 square feet to "a room" in Navy Department.
(b) Regulars, Reserves and WAVES combined.
(c) Includes 4 plotting tables.
(d) Plotting Tables.
(e) Includes 2 chart cabinets and 11 file cabinets (5 sections).
(f) Includes 6 filing cabinets and 7 "piano" files.
(g) 3 more needed for initial operations.

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