Vessel and method of operating vessel for marine operations

A vessel for marine operations, including a vessel body and a plurality of fully submerged hydrofoils pivotly connected to the vessel body with widths less than half the vessel body width, capable of dynamic lift adjustments for attitude control, characterized in:

• one or more hulls provided in the vessel body, having integrated scoop-element(s) to redirect thrust,
• one or more propulsion motors with propellers respectively positioned in the bottom end of one or more of the plurality of fully submerged hydrofoils for generating thrust,
• a stabilization system including sensors and servos for real-time foil angle adjustments,
• wherein the fully submerged hydrofoils are configured to pivot aft, reducing draft and enabling thrust redirection via the scoop elements,
• wherein the vessel is operable in three distinct modes:
• a surface mode with extended foils at variable speeds,
• a foiling mode, foiling above the water surface, sustained by lift generated by the hydrofoils with the hull lifted above the water,
• a retracted mode, with the foil assemblies pivoted aft and where thrust is redirected by the scoop-element(s).