🔍 Key Concepts

• Using the white pages of the Stability Data Reference Book for SS AMERICAN MARINER damage stability (one‑compartment standard) • Matching the given cargo layering pattern (deck cargo + upper tween + lower tween + hold) to the correct condition/table in the book • Reading the required double‑bottom liquid loading from the proper column for the one‑compartment standard

💭 Think About

• First, what is the total cargo weight from all four layers shown, and which condition in the white pages has that same layering arrangement? • Once you find the correct condition/table for this loading pattern, which row matches your total cargo weight (or comes closest in the range provided)? • In that row, which column corresponds specifically to the one‑compartment standard and what value does it give for double‑bottom tank loading?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm you are using the SS AMERICAN MARINER white pages, not the worked examples or curves from other ships. • Verify that the layering pattern (deck + upper tween + lower tween + hold) exactly matches the heading on the page you select; do not mix it with a different number of layers or a different hold. • Double‑check that the number you read for liquid loading is in tons for all double‑bottom tanks combined, and that it is taken from the one‑compartment standard column, not the two‑compartment or intact column.