tonnage openings

tonnage openings
Nonwatertight openings in the shelter deck and in the 'tween deck bulkheads immediately below in order to exclude spaces from tonnage measurement and thus obtain reduced gross and net tonnage. The openings could be closed by nonwatertight wood shifting boards or metal covers meeting the tonnage and load line regulations

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