The SS AMERICAN MARINER is ready to bunker with drafts of FWD 17'-05", AFT 19'-07". After all bunkers are on board, soundings indicate the tonnages shown in table ST-0175 below. Use the white pages of The Stability Data Reference Book to determine the free surface correction.

Question

The SS AMERICAN MARINER is ready to bunker with drafts of FWD 17'-05", AFT 19'-07". After all bunkers are on board, soundings indicate the tonnages shown  in table ST-0175 below. Use the white pages of The Stability Data Reference Book to determine the free surface correction.

Accepted Answer

Option D: 0.99 foot. Sounding data retrieved from table ST-0175 allows the extraction of corresponding free surface moments, which evaluate to a final vessel stability free surface correction of 0.99 foot.