Question 202Safety & Environmental - 1st Asst/Chief

The correct answer is A) original vertical centerline. When a vessel is inclined with no environmental forces acting on it, the center of gravity remains vertically aligned with the original vertical centerline of the vessel. This is because the center of gravity is a fixed point within the vessel that does not change its position relative to the vessel's structure, even as the vessel inclines. The other options are incorrect because the center of flotation and the longitudinal centerline are not directly related to the position of the center of gravity in an inclined vessel with no external forces. The metacenter is a point above the center of gravity that is used to determine the vessel's stability, but it is not the same as the center of gravity.