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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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Posted 2017-09-05 3:30 PM (#84956)

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Houston is a long drive from the east coast but I can put up to 4 people if need be.....I'm not a bad cook..no one has died from it, anyway....I'll share my liquor cabinet except for my single malts! I love dogs and cats but don't know that we are prepared for them.

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