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Appendix 13: Manning Progress of RIN During the War

	Target	Borne Strength	Deficiency
1939 Outbreak of War – 3 Sept.	1,722	1,475	247
31 December	2,954	2,849	105
1940–31 March	3,326	1,133	192
30 June	3,460	3,340	120
30 September	4,388	3,568	820
31 December	5,316	3,716	1,600
1941 –31 March	5,861	4,521	1,340
30 June	6,486	4,950	1,536
30 September	8,128	5,819	2,309
31 December	10,124	6,452	3,672
1942–31 March	11,866	7,813	4,053
30 June	13,661	8,661	5,000
30 September	15,585	10,585	5,000
31 December	16,185	12,762	3,423
1943–31 March	21,121	16,326	4,795
30 June	23,745	19,176	4,569
30 September	23,042	20,183	2,859
31 December	25,274	21,528	3,746
1944–31 March	28,132	22,867	5,265
30 June	29,081	24,228	4,853
30 September	28,241	24,526	3,715
31 December	28,534	25,143	3,391
1945–31 March	28,903	25,925	2,978
30 June	28,448	27,434	1,014
End of War – 15 Aug.	29,706	27,651	2,055
30 September	27,933	26,532	1,401