
Caption | After arriving in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in early Mar 1942, USS Trout crew members stacked 20 tons of gold bars evacuated from Corregidor, Philippines on the submarine’s deck for transfer to the USS Detroit. ww2dbase | ||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Navy | ||||||||
Identification Code | 80-G-45971 | ||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||
Added Date | 1 Nov 2016 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". |
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4 Nov 2016 12:02:50 PM
20 tons of gold at 1942 prices was worth just over a million dollars US. At 2016 prices of $1,300US per Troy ounce, 20 tons of gold would be worth $38 million US.