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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 2024-03-24 3:40 PM (#104656)

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Subject: 100 Year Anniversery US Navy Submarine Warfare Pin (Dolphins)

100 year ago today the Submarine Warfare pin was officially adopted by the Navy. The Officers got Gold pins and the Enlisted got cloth patches to sew on the lower right sleeve. In 1947 those patches were moved to the left breast above the pocket and in 1950 the Silver pin was made to replace the patch.

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