What was the maximum weight capacity for Noah's ark?

Answer 1

A cubit is approximately 18 inches (.46 meters). Most Hebrew scholars believe the cubit to have measured between 17 and 21 inches. Some estimates even put it around 25 inches. If the 18-inch cubit were used, the ark would have been 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high (137 by 23 by 14 meters). And if a larger cubit were used, the ark would of course have been proportionately larger.
Going with the smaller cubit measurement, the displacement tonnage of the ark, which is the weight of water it would displace at a draft of 15 cubits, would be almost 22,000 tons (20 million kilograms). By comparison the U.S.S. Salem, a 716-foot-long heavy cruiser commissioned in 1949, has a displacement tonnage of 21,500 tons.
The ark's gross tonnage, which is a measure of cubic space (100 cubic feet being one gross ton), would have been 15,100 tons. Its total volume would have been 1,518,000 cubic feet. This would equal the capacity of 569 modern railroad stock cars. The standard size for a stock car is 44 feet long with a volume of 2,670 cubic feet. This would make a train more than five miles long.
The floor space for the ark would be over 101,000 square feet. This would be more floor space than 21 standard college basketball courts

Answer 2

Metaphorically speaking, even though the ark had finite dimensions, it could hold infinite weight.

Answer 3

Well after extensive calculations I have come to the conclusion that after the woodpeckers damaged the ship,
total max weight is 10482 pounds. (This calculation included the birth of animals.)

Answer 4

Did that calculation allow for births on board?

Answer 5

It was magical it didn't have one.

Answer 6

Uh, i don't think it mentions that in the Bible. :-)