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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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tatersw

Posted 2009-02-17 7:31 AM (#24321)

Subject: WW2 torpedo appearance

Does anyone know what the mk 16, mk18, and mk 23 torpedoes looked like from a color point of view? The color of the body, warhead, and screws?

Darrin

Posted 2009-02-21 5:37 PM (#24512 - in reply to #24321)

Great Sage of the Sea

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Location: Belleview, Fl

Subject: RE: WW2 torpedo appearance

Try www.hnsa.org they have a number of manuals online that are related to the WWII Fleet Submarine manuals and there is a torpedo manual online also

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