Patent ID: 7422498

Claim:
In an improved means for integrating a water propulsion system into a ship, the improvement comprising: a secondary at least in its majority hammerhead shaped bow disposed, at least in its majority, proximal a lower forward portion of a main bow of the ship, a bow oriented water propulsor having a first bow oriented ram water inlet disposed proximal a forward portion of the secondary at least in its majority hammerhead shaped bow of the main hull of the ship and said bow oriented ram water inlet, at least in its majority, defining an opening in a forward portion of the secondary at least in its majority hammerhead shaped bow of the ship to take in water directly approaching the secondary at least in its majority hammerhead shaped bow of the ship and wherein, when the ship is moving forward and the first bow oriented water propulsor is operating, water taken into the first bow oriented ram water inlet generates a hydrodynamic force on a bow wave of said ship thereby reducing energy of said bow wave.