Edmund Fitzgerald

Date 9-5-06

112.65 tons per inch

S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald has a 112.65 tons per inch of submersion.

Every inch the ship submerges in the water, 112.65 tons of weight must be added.

Salt water = .444 lb. per sq. inch.

Fresh water = .433 lb. per sq. inch.
Water weight 62.4 lb. per cub. ft.
36 cub. ft. per ton. = (Long Ton 2240 lbs.)

The shipping industry standard for shipments of coal is the net ton (2,000 lbs or 907.2 kgs). Other bulk commodities use the gross ton (2,240 lbs / 1,016 kgs) or metric tonne (1,000 kgs / 2,204.6 lbs). All tonnage figures used here are the gross ton unless otherwise noted

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