(DoD) The maximum quantity of all supplies (ammunition; petroleum, oils, and lubricants; rations; general stores; maintenance stores; etc.) which each vessel can carry in proportions prescribed by proper authority. See also wartime load.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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