Margins of History 02 USS Trout’s Golden Patrols

December 1941: while Pearl Harbor burned, USS Trout waited off Midway—unaware that peace had ended. Weeks later, she slipped into the besieged Philippines carrying 3,500 rounds of ammunition and left with 20 tons of gold and silver—the nation’s treasure saved from capture.

The submarine fought storms, ambushes, and enemy patrols, sinking her first ship before returning to Hawaii with the most valuable cargo ever carried by a U.S. warship.

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