You are on a large vessel fitted with a right-handed controllable-pitch propeller. When making large speed changes while decreasing pitch, which statement is TRUE?

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You may lose rudder control until the ship's speed has dropped to correspond to propeller speed.

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The stern will immediately slew to starboard due to unbalanced forces acting on the propeller.

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The stern will immediately slew to port due to unbalanced forces acting on the propeller.

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You will probably have full directional control throughout the speed change.

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