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All classes have their own designed surface trim angle. Even the Moored Training Ships (Old ones & converted 688) have an up angle designed in. Narwhal's was 0.5 degree up. But, that was only for sitting still, on the surface, in calm seas. Anything worse than that, you rigged for surface and went for it! That involves locking the stern planes at a rise angle so the ass-end is pushing the rest of the boat out of the water. Didn't work so well for Kamehameha at least once!
Ships plans will give you the designed waterline, but pictures are best. Inport, there are many situations that lead to different levels. Just loading water into tanks for inport use causes the ship to sit just a certain way. Then, as that water gets used up, she'll sit another way. Always in flux!! Thus, the flux capacitor!!! ;)
The most gun-decked post to the mid-watch JOOD log, was the draft readings. (I, of course, never engaged in such nefarious activity)
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