What term denotes the weight of the boat including fuel, water, outfit, cargo and crew?

• A. Loaded displacement
• B. Light displacement
• C. Gross ton
• D. Net ton

Answer: (A)

This question is about how ship weight is defined. The term that denotes the total weight of the vessel with everything on board—fuel, water, provisions, outfit, cargo, and crew—is loaded displacement. It represents the ship’s weight when it is fully loaded and afloat.

Light displacement, by contrast, is the ship’s weight without consumables and crew—essentially the hull plus fixed equipment. Gross tonnage and net tonnage aren’t weights at all; they’re volume-based measures used to describe how much internal space the ship has for cargo and other uses.