The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load Form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new height of the transverse metacenter?

Correct Answer: Option D — 62.94 feet

Transverse metacenter height above the keel (KMT) is a function of molded breadth and waterplane area. As liquid mud is completely discharged, the resulting change in draft alters the underwater hull form, yielding a new transverse metacenter height of 62.94 feet per hydrostatic tables.