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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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Ric

Posted 2019-11-17 11:27 AM (#96278)

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Subject: Service for Capt Don Ulmer

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Shipmates,

The Memorial Service for our brother, Don Ulmer will be held on Friday, November 22nd. at 11:00.
The location is St. Louise Parish, located at 141 156th Ave. SE, Bellevue, Wa.
Flintoff Funeral Home has made the arrangements, and the US Navy will serve as honor guard.
The Seattle Base Subvets will act as pallbearers. Uniform of the day is white shirt, tie, and Subvet Vests.

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