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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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Posted 2009-09-03 11:25 PM (#30425)

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Subject: Submarine photos / stories

Hello,
I am trying to make a "photo wall" with submarine related pictures
If you can be interested you can visit the following website and freely post your images through the "photo wall" link on the home page.You can also post some nice stories if your like (this is a cooperative initiative)

http://mightysub.googlepages.com

Thanks in advance

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