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At random: Probably the most expensive ballast ever carried by a ship was two tons of gold and eighteen tons of silver coins carried by the U.S. submarine TROUT while on a trip from Corregidor to Pearl Harbor early in World War II. TROUT had removed her moveable ballast to allow for a larger cargo of ammunition to be transported for the defenders on the embattled island. Lcdr. Fenno, TROUT's CO, planned on replacing the ballast with sand bags, but found none were available. The gold and silver from the Bank of the Philippines was substituted as ballast, which also solved the problem of removing the treasure to a safe place prior to invasion by the enemy.

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smoore3

Posted 2008-02-29 6:41 AM (#13317)

Subject: World War II U.S. Submariner POWs

The Naval Institute Press will be publishing my book "Presumed Lost" around the first of 2009. It covers the U.S. subs Perch, Grenadier, Tang, Robalo, S-44, Sculpin, and Tullibee and the ordeals the survivors of these boats went through as POWs of Japan before returning home.

I am interested in family members who might care to submit wartime-era photos of their veteran who was lost or became a POW from these boats. Also, would like any stories from families I have not yet contacted.

Regards,

Stephen L. Moore

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