STRATEGIC MATERIALS IN WORLD WAR II

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Dr. J. D. Morgan
Bureau of Mines - 634-1330
1 December 1983
The occupation of Manchuria by the Japanese in the 1930's led to
the creation of the puppet state of Manchukuo, in which the exploitation
of coal, iron, wheat, and timber were priority activities. Later in-
vasion of southeast Asia by the Japanese was prompted by their needs for
rubber, tin, tungsten, petroleum, rice, vegetable oils (coconut, palm,
tung), and other materials. The occupation of Ethiopia and Libya by the
Italians was likewise caused by their desire for raw materials. The
eastward expansion of Germany and their desire to reacquire colonies lost
in World War I was sparked by the need for raw materials. In the latter
part of the 1930's, as Britain and France rearmed, they placed orders
in the United States for both military materiel and for raw materials.
Despite all these warning signals, U.S. preparation for war was totally
inadequate. Prewar estimates of military requirements led to a limited
stockpile program that was initiated in 1939 by Public Law 117, 76th
Congress. However, the pre-World War II stockpile was concerned almost
exclusively with imported materials such as natural rubber and tin. The
status of the stockpiles at the start of World War II is shown in Table I,
which indicates the objectives were small, and that even these were far
from being attained in most cases.
Table 1. The States of Selected Major Metals and Minerals in the
Pre-World War II Stockpile program.
st"kp.u* 0. a..* In
Ob$eelhe 6teckpll.as at
an at Jane 1041 Jae. 1. 1942
(skeet Tev) (Sh.rt Ten.)
CLronUte
1.666.000
00
030.000
Load r
150.0
00.000
18,000
Manganese ore
3466.000
572.000
Tin
371.000
56.000
~g~ are
Z
trake
29.000
160.000
89. 00
In World War II the United States and its Allies faced a combination
of nations which were generally deficient in supplies of most basic raw
materials essential to war. Germany, Japan, and Italy had few colonies
and but slight raw material wealth within their own borders. In the first
years of the war sinking of Allied shipping exceeded new construction
(see Figure 1), and United States imports of raw materials from Africa
and the Western Hemisphere were severely threatened. The United States
was forced to uneconomical expansion of domestic sources of raw materials.
For example, the synthetic rubber program was necessitated by failure
of the Allied nations to stockpile sufficient natural rubber, although
 the world sources of natural rubber were in the hands of the Allied Nations
throughout the prewar period. At the start of the war domestic mine pro-
duction was accelerated, and maximum rates were achieved in the early war
years which, in the face of losses of skilled labor, insufficient supplies
of machinery and equipment, and inadequate reserves of developed ore,
could not be maintained. United States mine production of copper exceeded
one million tons in 1942 and 1943, but by 1945 had fallen below 800,000 tons.
United States mine production of lead reached almost 500,000 tons in 1942
but declined steadily to less than 400,000 tons in 1945, while United
States mine production of zinc which had reached nearly 770,000 tons in 1942
fell to less than 620,000 tons in 1945 (see Figure 2). Table 2 demonstrates
the degree to which the United States was forced to rely upon imports in war,
although the nation had been virtually self-sufficient in these materials
in the preceding period of peace. The significance of imports in meeting
needs of all metals and minerals in World War II is shown in Table 2. It
is to be noted that most metals or minerals for which importing to the
extent of 25 percent or more was required are now included in the stockpile
program.
TABLE The Dependence of the United States on Imports of Metals
2 and Minerals in the War Years 1942. 1943. and 1944.
0'; to 251;
Imported
Aluminum
Natural Asphalt;
Barite'
Bauxite
Boron'
Bromine'
Cadmium'
Calcium Chloride'
Cement'
Clays'
Coal'
Emery'
Feldspar
Fluorspar'
Natural Gas'
Gravel'
Gypsum
Iron Ore%
Lime'
Lithium'
Magnesite'
Magnesium'
Scrap and Ground
Mica'
Molybdenum'
Petroleum'
Phosphate Rock'
Potash'
Pyrite
Salt'
Sand'
Selenium
Stone'
Sulfur'
Talc. Pyrophyllite.
and Soapstone'
Vermiculite'
25% to 50%
Imported
Arsenic
Copper
Ilmenite
Kyanite
Lead
Mercury
Peat
Iridium
Vanadium
Zinc
50% to 75% _ 75% to 100%
Imported Imported
Antimony Asbestos!
Celestite Beryllium!
Gold Chromite!
Manganese Cobalt
Sheet and Punch Columbium!
Mica Corundum'
Platinum Cryolite!
Rutile Diamonds
Silver Natural Graphite
Tin @ Monazite!
Tungsten Nickel!
Natural Nitrates!
Palladium
Osmium. Rhodium,
and Ruthenium
Quartz Crystal!
Radium!,
Tantalum!
Zircon!
' indicates that less than
107e was imported
U the remainder came from
secondary recovery
! indicates that more than
90 r was imported
 Even before the U.S. entered the war, the control of shipping was
perhaps the most important factor in allocating supplies of materials
from the African colonies of the Allied Nations and from Latin America
and other accessible sources. Ships were assigned to move high priority
cargoes of materials and manufactures, and the withholding of shipping
controlled less essential economic activities. During World War II price
controls were in effect in the U.S., and foreign suppliers of raw materials
were usually paid off at the controlled prices because many foreign sources
were subsidiaries of vertically integrated U.S. firms. Further, Allied
shipping controls kept foreign nations from trying to obtain exorbitant
prices. However, where necessary to expand production, at home or abroad,
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), chartered earlier in the
depression, made necessary contracts through several subsidiaries in-
cluding the Defense Plant Corporation, the Defense Supplies Corporation,
and the Metals Reserve Company. The Foreign Economic Administration
assisted in procuring foreign materials. War plants, including materials
production, were eligible for rapid tax writeoffs authorized by Section 124A
of the Internal Revenue Code. War plants received priorities for materials,
energy, labor, and machinery, and a special mining machinery division was
established in the War Production Board.
The need for domestic metal production was so severe in the early part
of World War II that the U.S. Government deliberately closed the gold mines
in an attempt to force skilled western hard-rock miners into western base
metal mines, and the U.S. Army returned drafted miners to civilian status
to resume work in the western metal mines. Forced-draft production of
several less satisfactory domestic substitutes for imported agricultural
materials was also required: for example, domestic abaca to replace Philippine
abaca in hawsers, milkweed floss to replace Far Eastern kapok in life jackets,
and atabrine to replace quinine as an antimalarial drug. The Jamaican bauxite
deposits were discovered by accident by British soil scientists who were
seeking to expand food production on the island.
Adequate supplies of energy were essential to the successful prosecution
of the war. Coal was still a major sources of energy as well as an important
metallurgical reducing agent as coke used in steel and other metal production,
and also a source of coal-tar chemicals used in plastics and explosives.
Fortunately the U.S. Government had been deeply involved with the coal industry
prior to the start of the war, because in the depression the Bituminous
Coal Commission had been created to form regional coal cartels to establish
minimum prices and limiting production quotas. These government-industry
cartels were quickly converted by the Solid Fuels Administration for War to
establish maximum prices, production expansion programs, and allocations to
priority uses. Despite labor unrest, coal production rose 6 percent from
643 million tons in 1942 to 684 million tons in 1944. As for petroleum we
"floated to victory on a sea of oil" as government-industry cooperation
through the Petroleum Administration for War mobilized every phase of the
industry: exploration, production, refining, and rail, barge, and tanker
transportation. Despite a whole series of domestic price and other controls,
from 3.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in the first quarter of 1942,
 domestic crude oil production rose 23 percent to 4.8 million bbl/d in the
first quarter of 1945. Other Western Hemisphere oil production also rose
22 percent from 0.9 million bbl/d in 1940 to 1.1 million bbl/d in 1944.
Availability of gasoline rose 20 percent from 2.0 million bbl/d in 1942
to 2.4 million bbl/d in 1945. Petroleum was also required for butadiene
feedstocks for the synthetic rubber industry and the alcohol distilling
industry was mobilized and expanded to provide ethanol for butadiene for
synthetic rubber production. U.S. natural gas production rose 31 percent
from 4.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in 1942 to 5.9 tcf in 1945.
The U.S. Gross National Product rose 23 percent from $462 billion (in
1972 dollars) in 1942 to $569 billion (also in 1972 dollars) in 1944. Raw
steel production, basic to defense, peaked at 90 million tons in 1944, re-
fined copper peaked at 1.5 million tons in 1943, and aluminum peaked at
1.0 million tons also in 1943. Table 3 details military items produced,
and the following pages provide more details on mineral commodities of
current interest.
The Soviet World War II experience was summarized by Nikolai A.
Voznesensky, Deputy Premier of the U.S.S.R. and Chief of the State
Planning Commission, as follows:
"The creation of reserves in production and
distribution, in production capacity and in
finished goods, and in manpower and in ma-
chinery, is a most important sign of mature
planning and production organization. The
Soviet government, and especially Comrade
Stalin, ascribe exceptional significance to
the accumulation of state commodity reserves.
A program for the accumulation of state and
mobilizational reserves, and especially of
oil products, ferrous metals, and foodstuffs,
was worked out and carried out prior to the
Patriotic War under direct instructions from
Comrade Stalin. Experience has shown that
in modern warfare victory depends upon the
possession of reserves of production capac-
ity, manpower, raw materials, and other
commodities. * * * At the start of the
Patriotic War these state commodity reserves,
including foodstuffs and fuel, were moved
to the eastern regions of the USSR. State
reserves rendered great help to the Soviet
Army and to the economy of the USSR during
the Patriotic War."
 1939
4 montbs
It 23
18 10
9,169
III
1,843
-U-r-
1,710
US
3,551
umber of German
ubmariass Sunk
Figure 1. The Battle of the Atlantic in World War II -
Vessels Sunk Compared to New Construction.
III
2,201
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PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MUNITIONS ITEMS
July 1,1940-July 31,1945 (1945 preliminary)
ITEM
UNIT
July 1,
1940,
through
Decem-
ber 1941
1942
1943
1944
Jan. 1,
1945,
through
July 31,
194S
Cumu-
lative
July 1,
1940,
through
July 31,
1945
Aircraft:
All military airplanes and
special purpose aircraft..
Number..... ................
23,240
47,836
85,898
96,318
43,137
296,425
Airframe weight (i,ooo lbs.)....
94,966
275,949
654,616
962,441
86,304
2,474,27E
Total combat........
Number .....................
ii,so6
24,864
54,077
74,135
35,157
199,339
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
68,151
216,419
548,674
825,794
13,827
2,072,865
Bomber. ..............
Number.....................
4,738
12,627
29,355
35,003
15,042
96,765
Airframe weight (1,000lbs.)....
45,958
162,492
422,942
609,229
298,131
1,538,752
Heavy, long range ..
Number ................ :....
0
0
92
1,161
2,188
3,441
Airframe weight (i,ooo lbs.)....
o
0
4,426
55,835
105,696
165,957
Heavy, 4-engine,
Number .....................
357
2,576
9,393
14,884
3,767
30,977
medium range.
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
7,541
6o,916
224,189
53,522
89,788
,359,57E
Patrol .............
Number.....................
441
890
2,340
1,840
1,288
6,795
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
6, too
14,186
35,639
31,943
24,768.
r12,63E
Medium...........
Number .....................
483
3,270
5,411
5,228'
1,586
15,978
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
6,251
42,803
75,519
72,648
21;252
218,473
Light ..............
Number.....................
3,457
5,891
12,119.
11,890
6,213
39,57c
Airframe weight (s,ooo Ibs.)....
26,083
44,589
83,187
95,288
56,627
305,77''
Fighter ...............
Number.....................
5,578
10,769
23,988
38,873
19,478
98,68E
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
20,183
48,808
121,850
215,536
113,079
519,45E
2-engine...........
Number .....................
211
1,323
2,246
4,733
2,010
10,523
Airframe weight (1,ooolbs.)....
1,587
10,462
18,349
41,902
19,085
92,384
1-engine...........
Number .....................
5,367
9,446
21,742
34,140
17,468
88,163
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
18,596
38,346
103,501
172,635
93,994
427,07
Reconnaissance........
Number .....................
790
1,468
734
259
637
3,88E
Airframe weight (s,ooolbs.)....
2,010
5,119
3,882
1,029
2,617
14,65;
Total transport ........
Number .....................
696
1,984
7,012
9,834
4,135
23,66,
Airframe weight (s,ooo Ibs.)....
4,967
18,248
55,496
113,618
66,997
159,31E
Heavy.........:.
Number ....................
8
116
536
1,865
1,959
4,484
Airframe weight (r,ooo Ibs.)....
295
2,667
12,605
45,080
46,806
107,451
Medium.........
Number .....................
365
1,236
2,906
4,927
1,431
,o,863
Airframe weight (1,000 Ibs.)....
3,730
14,051
33,978
59,715
17,586
129,o6c
Light............
Number .....................
323
632
3,570
3,041
745
8,31:
Airframe weight (i,ooo lbs.)....
94S
1,531
8,919
?,826
2,605
22,82E
Total trainer..........
Number .....................
11,167
17,631
19,939
7,577
1,247
57,561
Airframe weight (i,ooo lbs.)....
21,486
39,293
47,061
19,060
3,267
130,16;
Total communication...
Number .....................
271
3,174
4,377
3,691
1,983
13.49E
Airframe weight (1 ooolbs.)....
362
1,870
2,957
2,649
1,671
9,505
Total special purpose
Number .....................
0
183
493
1,081
61S
2,37'
aircraft.
Airframe weight (1,000 lb%.)....
0
119
228
1.120
c42
2,40(
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PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MUNITIONS ITEMS-Continued
Judy 1, 1940-July 31, 1945 (1945 preliminary)
Item
Unit
1
1940, July
through
December
1941
1942
1943
1944
Jan. 1,
through
July 31,
1945
Cumula-
Live July
through
through 31,
1945
Army guns and equipment:
Heavy field artillery (com-
Number .............
65
647
2,660
3.284
t ,147
7,80?
pletc equipment).
Spare cannon for heavy
.....do ..............
0
0
323
3,601
4,321
8,24
field artillery.
Spare recoil mechanisms
.....do ..............
0
0
120
2,035
1,882
4,03
for heavy field artillery.
Light field and antitank
.....do ..............
4,70S
20.536
19.096
7,68S
4,345
56,36
guns.
Tank guns and howitzers ..
.....do ..............
6,787
43,368
34,711
19 991.
11,735
116,59
Guns for self-propelled
.....do ..............
0
8,811
13.ISS
2,981
2,113
27,06
carriages.
Bazooka rocket launchers.
..... do ..............
0
67,428
98,284
215,177
9S,739
476,62
Mortars ................
..... do..............
9,518
10,983
25,781
24,842
39,224
110,34
Heavy ..............
..... do..............
2,508
6,242
10,176
10,722
7,790
37,43
Light ...............
..... do..............
7,010
4,741
15,605
14,120
31,434
72,91
Machine guns ..........
.....do..............
87,172
662,331
829,969
798,782
302,798
2,681,05
Heavy ..............
..... do..............
57,563
347,492
641,638
677,011
239,821
1,963,52
Light ..............
..... do..............
29,609
314,839
188,331
121,771
62,977
715,52
Submachine guns.......
..... do ..............
216,811
651,o63
686,410
347,463
186,192
2,087,93
Rifles (excluding carbines)
.....do ..............
357.496
1,425 926
2,723,696
1.4oo,608
616,898
6,522,62
Carbines ...............
..... do..............
5
115,813
2,959,336
2,088,697
886,000
6,049.35
Pistols and revolvers .....
.....do ..............
71,854
322,830
843,236
1,016,931
489,744
2.744, Sr
Portable flame throwers ...
..... do ..............
23
2,799
5,676
21,o59
io,66o
40,21
Gas masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. ... do ..............
3,761 730
4.- ^86,525
9, 2.634
6,813,754
2.712,654
26,577,25
Helmets (ground) .......
.....do ..............
324,000
5,001,000
7,649,000
5,704.000
3,940,000
22,618,oc
Naval guns:
5-inch and over.........
Complete assemblies...
213
966
1,912
3,363
1,239
7,6`
3-and 4-inch ...........
..... do..............
317
2,505
6,593
4,652
218
12
14,21
2
6.
1
20-mm, 40-mm, I.1-
.....do ..............
915
31,833
.51,626
45,710
,547
,
4
inch.
Army ammunition and bombs:
Ground artillery antmuni-
Short tons...........
57,476
678,203
799,85o
1,447,o16
1,262,140
4,244.61
Lion.
Heavy field, weight...
..... do ..............
42,949
303,895
274,529
507,584
637,155
1,766,1
Light field, tank, and
.....do ..............
14,527
374,308
525,321
939,432
624,985
2,478.5'
antitank, weight.
Heavy field, rounds...
Thousand rounds......
873
6,209
5,537
9,668
11,285
33.5'
Light field, tank, and
.....do ..............
2,165
70,881
86,025
85,639
48,985
293,6'
antitank, rounds.
Mortar shells...........
Short ton .............
1,974
35,00'2
70,928
141,729
125,876
375,5'
Bazooka rockets. ......
Thousands...........
0
1S5
1,945
7.422
5,700
32
15,2
Small arms ammunition. .
Million rounds........
1,177
9,798
19,800
6,578
4,2
41,51
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PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MUNITIONS ITEMS-Continued
July 1, 1940-July 31, 1943 (1943 Preliminary)
Item
Unit
July 1,
t o,
94
through
December
1941
1942
1943
1944
Jan. 1,
1945.
through
July 31,
1945
Cumula-
Live July
1, 1940.
through
July 311
1945
Naval ships (new construc-
Number .............
1,344
8,035
18,434
29,15
14,099
71,o61
dons).'
Thousand displ. tons ...
270
847
2,562
3,223
1,341
8,143
Combatants............
Number ............
47
128
537
37
11
1,201
Thousand displ.tons...
162
431
1,402
1,047
518
3,560
Landing vessels.........
Number ....... :.....
. 995
'6,902
't6,oo5
27,388
13,256
64,546
Thousand displ. tons ...
8
2211
'
1,513
467
2,905
Patrol and mint craft....
Number .............
111
715
7,156
59C
18
2,761
Thousand displ.tons...
12
117
399
i6c
532
District craft............
Number .............
182
235
S43
521
395
1,876
Thousand dupl. tons...
39
43
94
128
12
426
Auxiliaries and other.....
Number .............
9
55
' 193
. 27
14
678
Thousand displ. tons...
49
45
' 161
375
1
82C
Total Maritime Commission
Number .............
136
760
1,94
1,786
794
5,425
ships.
Thousand DWT......
1,551
8,
19,296
16,447
7,855
53,239
Standard cargo.........
Number. :...........
77
49
156
124
73
479
Thousand DWT......
757
444
1,519
1,209
772
4,701
Emergency cargo........
Number .............
7
S97
1,236
826
369
3,037
Thousand DWT.......
72
6,402
13,361
8,927
3,994
32,756
Liberty .............
Number.............
7
597
1,238
. 721
122
2,686
Thousand DWT......
72
6,402
13,361
7,798
1,314
28,947
Victory .............
Number.............
0
0
0
104
247
351
Thousand DWT......
0
0
0
1,129
2,680
3,809
Other dry cargo (exclud-
Number .............
15
14
36
94
138
297
ing AKA).
Thousand DWT......
148
89
124
392
642
1,395
Standard tankers ........
Number :............
37
6a
252
12
120
70C
Thousand DWT......
S74
999
3,481
3,739
1,954
10,747
Military types..........
Number .............
0
19
12S
375
99
609
Thousand DWT......
o
63
330
1,928
492
2,81
Transport attack, APA
Number.............
0
7
141
26
174
Thousand DWT......
o
44
775
122
941
Cargo attack, AKA...
Number .............
0
0
52
32
84
Thousand DWT......
0
0
355
140
495
Other military .......
Number .............
0
19
118
182
32
351
Thousand DWT......
0
63
286
798
230
1,377
Other types............
Number .............
0
19
142
138
4
301
Thousand DWT......
0
93
481
252
1
827
' Excluding small, rubber, and plastic boats.
' Excluding Maritime-constructed 1STs-15 in 1542 and 6o in 1943.
Excluding 2 Maritime-constructed APA's.
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PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MUNITIONS ITEMS--Continued
July 1, 1940-July 31, 1943 (1945 preliminary)
Item
Unit
July 1,
1940
through
December
1941
1942
1943
1944
Jan. 1,
1945,
through
July 31,
1945
Cumula-
rive July
1, 194%
through
July 31,
1945
Army Ammunition and
Bombs-Continued
Land mines............
Thousands...........
0
1,332
11,420
9,155
2,347
24,254
Grenades, all types ......
..... do ..............
1,222
15,977
24,981
40,654
27,136
109,970
Aircraft bombs (Army
Short tons............
45,000
630,000
1,548,000
1,953,000
1;646,000
5,822,000
and Navy).
General purpose and
.....do ..............
42,000
1,005,000
956,ooo
-COO
3,564,000
demolition.
Incendiary ..........
.....do..............
38%000
176,000
'407,Occ
235,000
856,00c
Fragmentation.......
..... do ..............
0
10,000
67,000
453,000
289,000
819,000
Armor piercing and
.
89,000
300,000
137,000
54,000
583,000
other.
Naval ammunition:
Gun ammunition and
.....do ..............
5,192
100,589
277,300
524,058
408,932
1,346,071
rockets.
Surface fire .........
.....do..............
15,659
38,082
65,724
168,o56
126,967
414,488
High capacity ....
.....do ..............
2,286
32,897
105,421
101,973
242,577
Armor piercing ...
..... do ..............
15,049
23,185
21,055
39,229
13,022
111,540
Common andspe.
.
9,922
6,128
12,746
2,362
31,403
cial common.
Illuminating.....
.do ..............
365
2,689
1o,
9,610
28,968
Antiaircraft .........
.....do..............
19533
62,090
202,951
292,213
147,751
724,538
Rockets .............
..... do ...............
417
8,625
63,789
134,214
207,045
Torpedoes, all types......
Number .............
2,319
4,524
15,599
24,015
6,804
53,261
Depth charges ..........
..... do..............
17,152
140,886
r47,340
169,652
53,915
528,945
Marine mines ...........
.....do..............
41,
380
45,054
24,5i6
5,507
116,457
Combat and motor vehicles:
Tanks .................
..... do.............
4,203
23,884
29,497
17,565
11,184
86,331
Armored can ...........
..... do..............
191
9,067
5,509
1,671
16r4Jb
Scout cars and carriers ...
....do .............
7,883
16,892
37,977
18,874
6,817
88,443
Tank chassis for self-
.....do ...............
3,100
9,035
2,934
16,o18
propelled guns.
Trucks .................
..... do ...............
08,034
647,342
648,404
62o,S32
331,652
2,455,964
Heavy-heavy(over2%
.
24,593
39,872
55,306
31,857
i6o,736
tons).
%
Light-heavy (23-ton).
..... do ..............
4,975
190,779
202,994
230,645
.149,485
838,878
Medium (1% and un-
.....do ..............
50,136
148,753
141,912
87,468
22,143
450,412
der 2%-ton).
Light (under I% tons)
.,...do ..............
83,815
283,217
263,626
247,113
128,167
1,005.938
Tractors ...............
..... do..............
111
14,886
34,250
47,356
23,184
119,787
Communication and elec-
Million dollars ........
253
1,512
3,043
3,739
2,119
1o,666
tronic equipment.
Radio .................
..... do......:.......
122
823
1,471
1,393
6o8
4,417
Radar ................
..... do..............
49
365
913
1,430
974
3,731
Other, ................
..... do..............
82
324
659
916
537
2,518
Field and assault wire
Thousand miles.......
226
906
968
1,608
1,555
5,263
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Table 3 cont.
PRODUCTION OF SELECTED MUNITIONS ITEMS-Continued
July 1, 1940-July 31, 1945 (1945 Preliminary)
Item
Unit
July 1,
3940
through
December
1941
1942
1943
1944
Jan. 1,
1945
through
July 31,
1945
Cumula-
five July
1, 3940,
through
July 31,
1945
Other equipment and supplies:
Clothing (Army):
Boots, service combat.
Thousand pairs .......
0
147
6o5
11,653
12,940
26,343
Drawers, cotton shorts.
Thousands...........
27,041
36,121
32,940
46,658
34,66o
177,420
Jackets, field M-1943?
?:?.do ..............
0
275
7,470
5,263
13,008
Trousers, wool serge,.
..... do ..............
9,351
10,487
13,669
8,673
10,227
52,407
olive drab.
Overcoat, wool melton.
..... do ..............
2,705
5,857
5,025
538
1,786
15,911
olive drab.
Socks, wool, light and
Thousand pain;......
38,368
29,651
60,606
73,212
57,933
259,77c
heavy.
Equipage (Army):
Bag, wool sleeping....
Thousands...........
253
5,749
2,819
8,821
Blanket, wool M-1943
.....do ..............
8,528
13,706
15,265
5,983
8,511
51,994
Tent, squad M-1942..
..... do ..............
38
229
So6
753
Tent, shelter-half .....
..... do ..............
203
11,299
3,621
3,803
5,746
24,672
Medical supplies (Army):
h Atabrinetablets ......
..... do .............:
(1)
97,
1,317,500
2,171,752
934,000
4,421,152
Sulfadiazine tablets...
..... do ..............
(1)
135,994
675,697
463,306
306,565
1,581,562
Sodium penicillin
Thousand ampules.....
(')
(')
272
10,276
12,621
22,968
(100,000 oxford
units).
Navy clothing:
Shoes, leather, black,
Thousand pain.......
84S
3,229
6,351
10,206
4,825
25,45E
low.
Overcoat, kersey.....
Thousands...........
297
3,017
1 ,6o1
1,331
475
4,721
Drawers, nainsook.
.....do ..............
3,728
11,085
28,66;
23,231
26,732
93,440
shorts
Trousers, blue.......
..... do ..............
761
2,237
5,017
3,232
828
12,075
Jumper, blue dress...
..... do ..............
401
850
2,264
2,163
53
6,20E
Shirts, chambray .....
..... do ..............
8S7
5,203
12,757
19,063
15,246
53,12E
'Not available.
' Fourth quarter.
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a w. 5 a
1940 1941
a M a M a M a a
194E 1943 1944 1945 1946
- thousands of short tons of
ALUMINUM metallic aluminum
Note: In using this and the following figures care must be observed
in that specifications and units in some cases may not be
directly comparable to current stockpile units.
Key: M - Mine Production: actual mine figures.
P - Production: not actually specified as mine production.
U - Used or Sold: figures available only on a material used or
sold basis, rather than a production basis.
S - Secondary: material recovered from scrap or other secondary
sources.
I - Imported.
E - Exported.
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1 CC~1-rC
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~ pq www N oN LO yr~l
O q O~ P O p Op N n
.1 .+ N w O h M N .~ .~ .~ .4
p p
p M p M p M p 141 w
BAUXITE - thousands of short tons, dried
bauxite equivalent
 BERYLLIUM
 -8------
V, o
" ? w
b b M
C H R O M I T E- thousands of short tons
of ore
 Rmark: ea.e
Cobalt is also
exported in
various salts
not included
herein
p
_ O p
t, .4 !O
m
P Pt
COBALT -
CAL CONTENT OF thousands
ALLOYS. ORES, / of
METAL po=da
COBALT OXIDE
 Note: Domestic Mine
Production for 1941-
1945 inclusive totaled
10,128 pounds
0
0
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
COLUMBIUM ORE
thousands of
of pounds
of ore
 M
I
)MAL sho
COPPER - KETAL 0ONTNr OF of
n short tons
WWI. COBTar OF
ALLOYS, flCJ I
 0
-0- - _ - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ - -
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P N 4 1 .4
loll
P P M M
FLUORSPAR -thousands or short tons
 8
0
.4
N
P
N
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Y M Y M 171-.1 I
1938 1939 1"0 I 1199411
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10~ of O m h G) o
01.4 caw 10 10 C +
t-
M in h
M M .
Y M ! M >t w M
L E AD - short tons of metallic lend
 1938 1939 1940
MANGAN-
ESE
JCS to 35% Yn of
over 3$ It [i 31 short tons
NJ Zn Residues ?'"?'"' of
Battery f Yiso ? ore
 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1966 1946
thousands
MOLYBDENUM - of Pounds of metallic
molybdenum
 NICKEL-thousands of short tons
 -1-----------o ---------
Note: Metal recovered
is IS by reflaers
treatlat forslgm ores
is lsdicsted by It
PLATINUM
METALS
PIATfl
PstLDIIN
of troy
ounces
 Note: txport..re shown
on n. "
PLATINUM
METALS
hundreds
of troy
on.
 I----------------
2I ICI ICI IAO
!:L 1 ''-i OOla; I iol I pL
TANTALUM -
tkoa..ads
of roads
of ore
 s
8
0
.4
Note: U. 8. Kim Production:
1935-1941 234 tone
194E-1946 17 tons
h 40
NJ 04
qK~
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tloosands of ponds of
tnaptsn Is ores and
eoaosatrates
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VANADIUM - thounana. of somas or .tame
....aim
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COAL - AAX
T ACrfs
tAawu"
of
not tot.
 01
a
0
1 a 0
N N
a 0
1940
N n n n n n n n n M
0. P b 0. D 0. 0 0. D
1942 1943 1944 1945 1944
NATURAL h'?m a e 'rata ? thov~ud
_ from Oa Wr1s million
RE'RS4DRID AND STORED
Low An WASTn
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note: lcperts include
small amounts of net.
? gasolene and LPG
8
0
PETROLEUM - LIDTOwL GASOLME barrels of
LPG 42 gallams each