626. The DEEP DRILLER is loaded as shown in the Sample Load form #3 (Preparing to Drill). If all the liquid mud (see table 8) is dumped, what would be the new metacentric height corrected for transverse free surface effects?

Removing all liquid mud eliminates its weight and free-surface effect, requiring recalculation of KG and the free-surface correction. Applying these adjustments using the provided data yields a corrected metacentric height of 11.26 feet.