USS Trout (SS-202) Delivered gold to Pearl harbor

[shanneba]

TROUT's first patrol resulted in no enemy damage, but her second patrol was a most unusual one. She delivered ammunition from Pearl Harbor to Corregidor in January 1942. To compensate for the weight of ammunition delivered, she brought back as ballast 20 tons of gold, silver and securities which was delivered to Pearl Harbor, from where it was taken to Washington for safekeeping.

USS Trout unloading gold at Pearl Harbor
USS Trout (SS-202)

Trout (SS-202)

 

[Seawolf]

TROUT's first patrol resulted in no enemy damage, but her second patrol was a most unusual one. She delivered ammunition from Pearl Harbor to Corregidor in January 1942. To compensate for the weight of ammunition delivered, she brought back as ballast 20 tons of gold, silver and securities which was delivered to Pearl Harbor, from where it was taken to Washington for safekeeping.

USS Trout unloading gold at Pearl Harbor
USS Trout (SS-202)

Trout (SS-202)

What was delivered to DC didn't last long. Maybe a week!

 

[Talyn]

More here on the USS Trout from a previous thread.

Warship Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024: A Tough Tambor

Meet Trout Our boat was one of four Tambors constructed by the historic Portsmouth Navy Yard, built side-by-side with sister USS Triton (SS-201). Trout was the first boat to carry the name in the U.S. Navy and, laid down on 28 August 1939, was launched on 21 May 1940 after a nine-month gestation...

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