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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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Runner485

Posted 2009-07-05 6:59 AM (#28349)

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Subject: A beautiful quiet trip around the 50 States

http://oldbluewebdesigns.com/mybeautifulamerica.htm

Sorry, I tried to get this in using the url link above but it didn't seem to work...Copy & paste it....Worthwhile

Skii

Posted 2009-07-05 7:13 AM (#28351 - in reply to #28349)

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Subject: RE: A beautiful quiet trip around the 50 States

Great video - thanks for sending the link on this 4th of July weekend. Truly enjoyed my trip across America. I will enjoy watching the others later.

Happy Fourth of July

ski

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