This was to have been the first of a series of instructional short cartoons for the US Navy after the success of similar military cartoons featuring the character "Private Snafu", but the end of WW2 (and the Allied victory) brought the production of these films to an abrupt end.
The title character's name "Seaman Tarfu" comes from the unofficial military acronym "TARFU": Things Are Really [Fouled] Up.