Monohull fast ship with improved loading mechanism

摘要

The invention is a monohull fast ship. The ship includes a hull producing a high pressure area at a bottom portion of a stern which rises from a point of maximum depth forward of a longitudinal center of the hull to a point of minimum draft at a transom which produces hydrodynamic lifting of the stern at a threshold speed above a length Froude Number of 0.40; a weatherdeck closing a top of the hull, at least one cargo carrying deck disposed below the weatherdeck and at least one lower deck disposed below the at least one cargo carrying deck; a plurality of longitudinally extending rail pairs extending along at least one cargo carrying deck from the stern toward a bow of the hull, each rail pair for guiding at least one trolley with each trolley conveying cargo from an exterior of the hull through an opening in the stern along one of the longitudinally extending rail pairs toward the bow to a position where the cargo is lowered from being conveyed by the at least one trolley into contact with the at least one cargo carrying deck; at least one waterjet disposed within the hull with each waterjet having an inlet in a bottom portion of the stern which produces high pressure during motion of the ship; at least one power unit disposed on one of the at least one lower deck coupled to the at least one waterjet for powering the at least one waterjet.