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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 2009-05-09 10:45 AM (#26482)

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Subject: May 9, 1941

U-110
Type

IXB

Ordered 24 May, 1938
Laid down 1 Feb, 1940 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 973)
Launched 25 Aug, 1940
Commissioned 21 Nov, 1940 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp
Commanders
21 Nov, 1940 - 9 May, 1941 Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp (Knights Cross)
Career 2 patrols 21 Nov, 1940 - 28 Feb, 1941 2. Flottille (training)
1 Mar, 1941 - 9 May, 1941 2. Flottille (front boat)
Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 10,149 GRT
2 ships damaged for a total of 8,675 GRT
Fate

Captured on 9 May, 1941 in the North Atlantic south of Iceland by the destroyers HMS Bulldog, HMS Broadway and the British corvette HMS Aubretia. The boat was allowed to sink the day after to preserve the secret capture. 15 dead and 32 survivors. AND the code books and an Enigma machine !!!

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