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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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RCK

Posted 2008-08-21 5:44 PM (#18844)

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Subject: War Fact

We lost more B24 Liberator Aircraft during WWII than the Japanese lost aircraft in Kamikaze attacks.

Sewer Pipe Snipe

Posted 2008-08-22 1:56 AM (#18845 - in reply to #18844)

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Subject: RE: War Fact

In any war we lose far more Privates then we do politicians.

Land Lubber

Posted 2008-08-22 3:12 PM (#18879 - in reply to #18844)

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Subject: RE: War Fact

Those B-24 Liberators did a lot more damge too. The good thing was we could produce replacement planes at such a fast rate. We had the steel mills and factories and most of all the skilled workers needed to produce the weapons and ships. That's my concern now. We import most of our steel and other goods. What happens when the contries we rely on for our materials are taken over by and enemy? We might not be able to tool up fast enough to recover from our losses.

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