U.S. Navy Ship Salvage Manual Volume 6 - Oil Spill Response

S0300-A6-MAN-060Table H-2. Basic Metric/English Equivalents.MEASURES OF LENGTH1 meter1 meter1 centimeter1 millimeter1 square meter (m 2 )1 square meter (m 2 )1 square centimeter1 cubic meter (m 3 )1 cubic meter (m 3 )1 liter1 liter1 liter (1)1 cubic meter1 kilogram (kg)1 tonne= 39.37 inches= 3.281 feet= 0.3937 inches= 0.03937 inches1 inch1 foot1 inch1 inch= 0.0254 meter= 0.3048 meter= 2.54 centimeters= 25.4 millimetersMEASURES OF AREA= 10.76 square feet 1 square foot = 0.0929 square meter= 1.196 square yards 1 square yard = 0.836 square meter= 0.155 square inches 1 square inch = 6.452 square centimetersMEASURES OF VOLUME= 35.3 cubic feet 1 cubic foot (ft 3 ) = 0.0283 cubic meter= 1.31 cubic yards 1 cubic yard (yd 3 ) = 0.764 cubic meter= 61.023 cubic inches 1 cubic foot (ft 3 ) = 28.32 liters= 0.0353 cubic foot 1 cubic inch (in 3 ) = 0.016339 liters= 0.264 U.S. gallons 1 U.S. gallon (gal) = 3.79 liters= 264.17 gallons 1 U.S. gallon = 0.0038 cubic meterMEASURES OF WEIGHT AND MASS= 2.205 pounds 1 pound= 0.454 kilograms= 1.1023 short tons 1 short ton= 0.9072 tonne= 2205 pounds= 907.2 kilograms= 0.9842 longs tons 1 long ton= 1.016 tonneH-2