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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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Rockin Robbins

Posted 2009-03-23 5:40 PM (#25278)

Subject: USS Crevalle's Third War Patrol Report question

I was reading the USS Crevalle's Third War Patrol Report and noticed that the ComSubSoPac/ComSubPac's communications reports were not part of the patrol report. I would be very interested in reading the communications report if it were available with the aim of clarifying the instructions received for the rescue mission. Any ideas how to get a look at that communications report?

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