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Zo662. Battleship Row on Ford Island bleeding oil, it must be an outgoing tide. It is a very unique picture and it must be a few days after the Japanese attack. This picture was provided by the Berger Girl’s URL, above.

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Zo629. In my search of history, I learned it was put to work in Manila Bay 1945, to help clear the bay from the Japanese sunken ships. Here is USS Teak (AN-35) near the Mare Island Navy Yard, 21 February 1944, after alterations.
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-62751 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. Mike Green.

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Zo634. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

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Zo633. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

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Zo632. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

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Zo631. USS Teak (AN-35) clearing wrecks in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands during March and April 1945.
Image series by Carl Mydans, Life Magazine, used for educational and non-commercial purposes. Source-John Chiquoine.

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Zo630. Broadside view of USS Teak (AN-35) in San Francisco Bay, 21 February 1944.; Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1224-44; SourceDarryl Baker.
Specifications: Displacement 700 t.(fl) 805 t.(lim); Length 162′ 2″”; Beam 30′ 6″; Draft 11′ 8″ (lim); Speed 12.5 kts. (trial); Complement: Officers 4, Enlisted 44; Armament: one single 3″/50 dual purpose gun mount; two .50 cal machine guns, one y-gun; Largest Boom Capacity 12 t.; Propulsion: one General Motors 6278 Diesel-electric engine; Fairbanks Morse Main Reduction Gear; Ships Service Generators: three Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C.; single propeller, 800shp; Fuel Capacity 620 bbls.

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Zo597. Unloading gold bars from USS Trout at Pearl Harbor, March 1942. USS Trout (SS-202) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, unloading gold bars which she had evacuated from Corregidor.
National Archives Photo No. 80-G-45970. Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command.
Regrettable, sadly, most of these Sailors went on their final patrol in 1944!

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Zo596. USS Trout (SS-202) coming alongside USS Detroit (CL-8) at Pearl Harbor in early March 1942, to unload a cargo of gold that she had evacuated from the Philippines. The gold had been loaded aboard Trout at Corregidor on 4 February 1942. Note details of the submarine’s fairwater, and .30 caliber Lewis machine gun mounted aft of the periscope housing.
National Archives Photo No. 80-G-45971. Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command.
National Archives Photo No. NH-50388. Department of the Navy – Naval History and Heritage Command.