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A light ship is a vessel without cargo or supplies. Lightweight displacement refers to its loading case.
The deadweight of a ship represents the maximum load that it can carry; it is equal to the load displacement (total weight of the loaded vessel to the maximum - mid draft to freeboard marks) minus light displacement. Notes and edit the code
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