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US 10,994,806 B2Granted
Ultra-fast trimaran naval ship
OwnerJerry Tony Danieleinventor
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Abstract
An ultra-fast trimaran deep water and littoral naval ship suited to combat, search and rescue, and/or deployment operations has a plurality of semi-planing hulls connected to the underside of a deck in a trimaran configuration. Further, a plurality of propulsion stages including a cruise propulsion stage, a wind assisted propulsion stage, and a vectored direct thrust propulsion stage may be independently operated alone or in conjunction to propel the ship at various speeds suited to different situations.
Claims12
An ultra-fast trimaran naval ship comprising:
- a deck;
- a plurality of hulls;
- a plurality of propulsion stages;
- a superstructure;
- the deck extending longitudinally between a bow and a stern;
- the deck extending laterally between a port side and a starboard side;
- the deck being laterally symmetric about a longitudinal centerline;
- the superstructure being connected to a topside of the deck;
- each of the plurality of hulls being connected to an underside of the deck opposite the superstructure;
- each of the plurality of hulls being oriented longitudinally;
- the plurality of hulls comprising a bow hull, a port hull, and a starboard hull;
- the bow hull being positioned longitudinally adjacent to the bow;
- the bow hull being positioned laterally symmetric about the longitudinal centerline;
- the bow hull longitudinally extends between one half and one third of a total longitudinal distance between the bow and the stern;
- the port hull and the starboard hull being positioned longitudinally adjacent to the stern;
- the port hull being positioned laterally adjacent to the port side;
- the starboard hull being positioned laterally adjacent to the starboard side;
- the port hull and the starboard hull being positioned laterally symmetric about the longitudinal centerline;
- the bow hull being laterally positioned between the port hull and the starboard hull;
- each of the bow hull, the port hull and the starboard hull comprising a fore portion and an aft portion;
- the fore portion of the bow hull being positioned longitudinally adjacent to the bow;
- the aft portion of the port hull being positioned longitudinally adjacent to the stern;
- the aft portion of the starboard hull being positioned longitudinally adjacent to the stern;
- the aft portion of the bow hull being positioned longitudinally between the fore portion and the aft portion of the port hull;
- the aft portion of the bow hull being positioned longitudinally between the fore portion and the aft portion of the starboard hull;
- the plurality of propulsion stages comprising a cruise propulsion stage, a wind assisted propulsion stage, and a vectored direct thrust propulsion stage;
- the cruise propulsion stage being integrated into the port hull and the starboard hull;
- the wind assisted propulsion stage comprising a plurality of retractable masts and each of the plurality of retractable masts being integrated into the deck;
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- the vectored thrust propulsion stage comprising a plurality of gas turbine engines and a plurality of vector thrust nozzles;
- and each of the plurality of vector thrust nozzles being operatively connected to one of the plurality of gas turbine engines and integrated into a stern end of the superstructure.
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