<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (March 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In naval folklore there is a tale that every ship is built containing a single, commemorative "golden rivet"--an idea doubtless adapted from the golden spike that was temporarily driven at the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 . The rivet's location is allegedly different for each ship and undisclosed, known only to the crew . No such rivet exists: gold is too malleable to use for a rivet . Like many urban legends, the "golden rivet" is perpetuated for the amusement of "old salts" at the expense of the gullible . </P>

Where does the last rivet go on a ship