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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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Land Lubber

Posted 2009-06-16 2:30 PM (#27718)

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Subject: Pirates on TV

Discovery Channel is going to put on a show about the pirate incident off Samalia.
The show is scheduled for Sunday, June 21st. Check your listings for time.

Steve

PaulR

Posted 2009-06-16 2:33 PM (#27719 - in reply to #27718)

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Subject: RE: Pirates on TV

Land Lubber - 2009-06-16 5:30 PMDiscovery Channel is going to put on a show about the pirate incident off Samalia.The show is scheduled for Sunday, June 21st. Check your listings for time.Steve

I as thinking the other day...all that Somalia pirate stuff has been "off the radar" for quite a while now. All of a sudden...NADA!

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