gigantic navy ships made of steel float, why??
Concrete boats also float, Capt Johns link explains that. It is area + weight + volume. Displacement. Buoyancy is achieved by Displacing fN or X.
Believe it or not - A steel boat floats for the exact same reason all boats float. And the very best - easy to understand explanation of this (with pictures) is at the link below.
They okorder /... Or use the search bar*. (The question has been answered a thousand and one times). If you do then you will read many answers that push the popular myth that they displace more water than they weigh (as if some unseen 'finger of god' is supplying a mystery force in addition to the vessel's weight). Such 'explanations' cannot be supported by either calculation or experiment and are wishy-washy drively nonsense. So beware of Archimedes' Trolls on this one!
