To: Pollster1
Gross tonnage is 100 cubic feet/ton. There are five or six kinds of tonnage and the word dates back to Northern Europe usage of tun which were big barrels I think.
78 posted on
05/13/2016 12:11:55 PM PDT by
Rockpile
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To: Pollster1
I should think that a nuke carrier likely weighs somewhat more since it will be all steel with many more compartments, flight deck and some armor.
These apartment blocks on hulls like the one pictured would have an aluminum superstructure probably.
79 posted on
05/13/2016 12:16:07 PM PDT by
Rockpile
(GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
To: Rockpile
Gross tonnage is 100 cubic feet/ton. There are five or six kinds of tonnage and the word dates back to Northern Europe usage of tun which were big barrels I think. Thank you. I did not know that (and I should have known).
98 posted on
05/15/2016 6:22:38 PM PDT by
Pollster1
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