From the April 26, 2011, Virginia Pilot Online "Missing for decades, World War II subs' lost bell surfaces" by Kate Wiltrout.
It was found as part of a glass-topped end table in a private residence in Reno, Nevada.
The 14-inch diameter bell is still technically the property of the US government. In 2009, the Virginia Pilot had done a story on the missing Triton bell and a person visiting the home had read it and reported its location.
After Pearl Harbor, all submarine ship's bells were removed in case they accidentally rang during operations. The Triton was sunk by the Japanese in the Pacific March 1943 with loss of entire 74-man crew. It didn't have its bell at the time which was in storage. When the new nuclear submarine named Triton was launched, the first Triton's bell was on it, but went missing around 1967.
It would be an interesting story to learn how it got to be in that house.
Glad That It Was Found. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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