Ballast tank
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ballast-tank-313-6851853
title:
Ballast tank
text:
A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating structure that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide hydrostatic stability for a vessel, to reduce or control buoyancy, as in a submarine, to correct trim or list, to provide a more even load distribution along the hull to reduce structural hogging or sagging stresses, or to increase draft, as in a semi-submersible vessel or platform, or a SWATH, to improve seakeeping. Using water in a tank provides easier weight ad
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Compartment for holding liquid ballast
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballast_tank
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-30T00:35:52Z
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