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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 2009-04-17 3:26 PM (#25884)

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Subject: HMS Victory fires all her guns

All 104 guns doing a rolling broadside. Down one side and up the other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiRbJRNKyv8

Flapper

Posted 2009-04-17 11:58 PM (#25891 - in reply to #25884)

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Location: Tucson AZ

Subject: Dang, Ric! There you go, getting me lost in space again!

The trouble with dispatching me to YouTube, is that after I watch the linked vid (which was great by the way) I get sucked into watching others ... and suddenly I realize 20 minutes or more have gone by while I wondered around in vid-land.
One I liked on this particular digression was GunCannonBamboo which demonstrates that boys will be boys, even in remote Fijian islands.

steamboat

Posted 2009-04-18 2:59 PM (#25907 - in reply to #25891)

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Location: Boydton, Virginia

Subject: RE: Dang, Ric! There you go, getting me lost in space again!

"Bamboo gun"
Woh! Can you imagine kids trying that here? They would have the cops down on them and lock up thier parents for allowing them to have access to sulphur. Good to see that somewhere in the world kids are allowed to explore and have fun, like we did when we were growing up in the '40's and '50's.
Steamboat sends

Flapper

Posted 2009-04-18 10:37 PM (#25915 - in reply to #25907)

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Subject: RE: Dang, Ric! There you go, getting me lost in space again!

You did note, Mr Fulton, that the Fijian kids were doing that all with gasoline, did you not? At least from what I could see.

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