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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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dex armstrong

Posted 2007-06-24 6:30 PM (#4775)

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Subject: GREAT Read....FROM ANNAPOLIS TO SCAPA FLOW

I may be real late on this one. I was given a book published by The U.S, Naval Institute titled (Did I spell that right??) FROM ANNAPOLIS TO SCAPA FLOW. Shortly before his death Capt. Edward L. Beach Jr. edited and published his father's journal of his naval career. His father, Capt. Edward L. Beach Sr. was an extraordinarily gifted writer and his unedited and unpublished manuscript of his career and his observations on the evolution of ship design, tactics, the pioneering of modern gunnery technique, historical events...Capt. Beach Sr. was often at the vortex of historical events and gives his very personal and well grounded observations on political considerations, protocol and the usage of seagoing Marines in policing our latin American neighbors. I particularly enjoyed his numerous discourses on the need for inviolate standards of honor, duty and fairness...and how our naval officer corps held those principals dear. In those days a man would sacrifice his career and even himself rather than violate the strict honor code by which our naval leadership lived. Shipboard life was far more complicated and service to ones country an honor and priviledge. Wonderful book. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves the navy he served and wants to get a personal insight into the period when our navy made the transition from sail to steam, led by men any nation would be proud to call "her sons". DEX

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