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Seawater weighs 64 lbs per cubic foot. 35 cubic feet of seawater weighs 2,240 lbs or one LONG tonne. Therefore when calculating the volume of a ship's hull below waterline, you merely divide the cubic footage by 35 to get its displacement tonnage. It is of extreme importance to know the exact cubic footage of each tank, void space and compartment below the water line so correct counterflooding can be done in case of a hole in the hull.
Right on. Didn't I say that in some other post? Looks like my style of writing.
Seawater weighs 64 lbs per cubic foot. 35 cubic feet of seawater weighs 2,240 lbs or one LONG tonne. Therefore when calculating the volume of a ship's hull below waterline, you merely divide the cubic footage by 35 to get its displacement tonnage. It is of extreme importance to know the exact cubic footage of each tank, void space and compartment below the water line so correct counterflooding can be done in case of a hole in the hull.
To say nothing about calculating how to set the displacement detonation mines or figuring for squat.......or for that matter, possible divers over the side calculations on how much pressure may be over their heads. It's interesting stuff.
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I know about that. The Swedish didn't want to hand over the sub until Russia pressured them into it. Sweden was still a neutral country then.. I'm babbling.
At Battelship Cove in Fall River, MA. Hiddensee is a former East German Tarantul class corvette, and was donated by the US Navy. She was formerly known as Rudolf Edelhofer and was formally along the waterfront at the US Navy Museum at the Washington Navy Yard.
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