1769. A tanker is loaded with 12,000 barrels of #2 fuel oil. The temperature of the product is 88? F. API gravity is 39?. The volume correction factor (VCF) is .0005. The net amount of cargo in gallons, loaded is __________.

The correct answer is 496944 gallons. Barrels were converted to gallons (12,000 barrels * 42 gallons/barrel = 504,000 gallons), then corrected for temperature using the provided volume correction factor (0.0005) and the temperature difference (28F), resulting in a net volume of 504,000 gallons * (1 — 0.0005 * 28) = 496944 gallons.