Patent ID: 9555859
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B63B,B63G,B63H,F42B,Y02T

Claim:
1. A marine vessel comprising: a command module; first and second buoyant tubular foils each comprising an engine; and first and second struts for connecting the first and second buoyant tubular foils to the command module, respectively; wherein the first and second buoyant tubular foils provide substantially all of the buoyancy required for the marine vessel; wherein the first and second struts are pivotally connected to the command module and fixedly connected to the first and second buoyant tubular foils, respectively; and wherein the first and second struts comprise substantially rigid planar structures, and further wherein the struts are hollow so as to allow (i) intake air to pass through the first and second struts to the engines in the first and second buoyant tubular foils, and (ii) exhaust air to pass from the engines in the first and second buoyant tubular foils through the first and second struts.