Deck General · Draft & Displacement
A vessel's displacement is:
- AThe deadweight cargo it can carry
- BThe volume of its cargo holds
- CIts registered gross tonnage
- DThe weight of water it displaces, equal to the weight of the vessel and everything aboard✓ Correct
Explanation
By Archimedes' principle a floating vessel displaces a volume of water whose weight equals the total weight of the vessel and contents. Displacement therefore equals the vessel's weight.
Authority: Bowditch (Pub. No. 9); principles of naval architecture
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