stowage capacity

Antelope was designed "to combine large stowage capacity with good sailing qualities."

The evaluations included a water performance demonstrations in various sea conditions, as well as human factors and stowage capacity.

Intended exclusively for carrying freight, Alaskan was designed as a very strong ship with a large stowage capacity.

A ship-design journalist noted that "the design of her model was to combine large stowage capacity with good sailing qualities."

All captains complained of the class's poor stowage capacity, the result of their fine French underwater lines, but stowage improved after the introduction of iron fresh-water tanks.

Winners each received $3.5 million contracts for a demonstration and study vehicle for water performance evaluation, survivability testing, and an analysis of human factors and stowage capacity starting in fall 2012.

Experience of prolonged air attacks in earlier operations had shown that the stowage capacity of the AA magazines was inadequate, hence extra ammunition was shipped in any convenient void spaces.

Indeed "riding light," after a substantial proportion of fresh water and provisions had been consumed, affected their sailing qualities adversely, so that most captains filled any emptied freshwater stowage capacity with seawater.

Pre-war USN and IJN carrier designs used a fuel stowage system which was not as secure as that used by the RN, but allowed for much greater stowage capacity.