134 ASPECTS OF SPINNING STABILIZED SHIPS, SSS 

1. The Spinning Concept: SSS design rotates the entire spherical hull on a central vertical axis. SSS rotates one rotation per minute at 3.6 m.p.h speed at the equator of the interior.

2. The Gyro Effect: A spinning spherical object naturally wants to stay in one place, even if pushed by an outside force. This is called angular momentum. By spinning the heavy weight of the spherical ship, the spherical hull naturally fights against the tipping force of the waves.

3. Wave Insensitivity: Because the entire spherical hull spins, incoming waves slide harmlessly around the circular shape. This prevents SSS from rolling or tipping over, even in unpredictable, rough wave conditions that typically threaten conventional cargo and tanker vessels. 

4. To Understand Why It Works: Think of a coin standing on its edge. When the coin is standing still, it falls over. When you spin it, it resists falling over and maintains an upright orientation. In a Spinning Stabilized Ship, this concept is scaled up to a massive 100 foot diameter hull.

5. Customized versions  of spinning stabilized ship, SSS, could be a customized explorer super yacht, a research vessel, naval vessel, cruise ship, coastguard vessel, commercial fishing vessel, other types of commercial vessels, etc.  and utilizes their entire hull structures to act as a gyro stabilizer, a unique approach compared to traditional, rigid ship designs.

6. SSS is an emerging vessel design that utilizes the entire hull as a giant, slowly            rotating spherical gyroscope to achieve unparalleled stability, even against monster rogue waves.

7. Unlike traditional ships, SSS are insensitive to wave orientation, allowing them to remain stable while moving through rough water. 

8. SSS are very advanced and will make history in marine design.

9. SSS is 100% stable in all sea conditions of the Beaufort scale 1 thru 12 and Beaufort extended scale 13 thru 17.

10. SSS utilizes its entire structure to act as a gyro stabilizer, a unique approach compared to traditional, rigid ship designs.

11. SSS are designed to withstand extreme, unpredictable wave conditions that typically threaten conventional cargo and tanker vessels.

12. While underway, SSS maintains a slow, continuous rotation, which provides the stabilizing effect. 

13. HISTORICALLY, NAUTICAL ENGINEERING HAS GOT IT WRONG BY PRIMARILY BUILDING MARINE VESSELS  WHICH  ARE  SENSITIVE  TO THEIR ORIENTATION TO OCEAN WAVES!

14. SSS ARE NOT SENSITIVE TO THEIR ORIENTATION TO OCEAN WAVES!

15. SSS SLOWLY SPINS IN THE WATER SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE UNDERWAY!

16. SSS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE TWO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN NAUTICAL ENGINEERING!

17. SSS IS COMPLETELY  UNIQUE, NEW, AND ONE OF KIND ADVANCED MARINE VESSEL DESIGN! 

18. IN THE PAST HISTORY OF NAUTICAL ENGINEERING THE WORLD DID NOT HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD SSS!

19. WHAT SHIP WILL ALWAYS SURVIVE SHIP SINKING MONSTER ROGUE WAVES? 

20. THE ONLY ANSWER IS SSS!

21. HOW MANY TANKER AND CONTAINER SHIPS HAVE BEEN SUNK BY ROGUE WAVES? 

22. THE ANSWER IS 200 IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS!

23. SSS, USES THE ENTIRE SHIP HULL AS ONE GIANT, ROTATING SPHERICAL GYROSCOPE!

24. SSS SLOWLY SPINS IN THE WATER SIMULTANEOUSLY WHILE UNDERWAY!

25. SSS has excellent superior maneuverability and is designed for buoyancy, strength, and hydrodynamic efficiency with excellent power transmission.

26. SSS are the only ones in the world that can survive large ship sinking monster rogue waves while navigating the world's waters 365 days of the year. 

27. Every SSS will only be constructed with a minimum 100' diameter and never smaller.

28. Larger diameters could be constructed but would exhibit substantial navigational limitations in narrow waterways and the height and width of bridges and other overhead structures. Larger diameters could be constructed for very special applications.

29. Although SSS could be constructed with other diameters, other diameters are not constructed due to a wide variety of scientific analysis that result in the inescapable evidence that concludes the 100' diameter is optimal in every aspect of our independent scientific analysis.

30. Our independent scientific analysis conclude that; "SSS’s size should be large enough to spin (rotate) its mass at a gyroscopic spin rate which is tolerable and safe for humans onboard without generating excessive centrifugal force inside, like what can happen if too small of a SSS is built. The SSS cruising speed is 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). According to Froude's law, the hull speed of your SSS would be approximately 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). This is found by calculating the waterline length of the sphere and applying the standard displacement hull speed formula.

31. The independent scientific analysis is from the results of many decades,1971 - 2024, of research based on privately owned wave tank prototype testing and prototype testing at sea.

32. SSS, is 100% stable in all sea conditions of the Beaufort scale 1 thru 12 and Beaufort extended scale 13 thru 17

33. A sphere shaped SSS's size should be large enough to spin (rotate) its mass at a gyroscopic spin rate which is tolerable and safe for humans onboard without generating excessive centrifugal force inside, like what can happen if too small of a SSS is built. A 100 foot in diameter SSS rotates one rotation per minute at 3.6 m.p.h speed at the equator of the interior.

34. The SSS cruising speed is 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). According to Froude's law, the hull speed of your SSS would be approximately 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). This is found by calculating the waterline length of the sphere and applying the standard displacement hull speed formula.

35. Customized versions  of spinning stabilized ship, SSS, could be a customized             explorer super yacht, a research vessel, naval vessel, cruise ship, coastguard vessel,     commercial fishing vessel, other types of commercial vessels, etc. 

36. SSS utilizes its entire structure to act as a gyro stabilizer, a unique approach compared to traditional, rigid ship designs. SSS rotates one rotation per minute at 3.6 m.p.h speed at the equator of the interior. The SSS cruising speed is 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). According to Froude's law, the hull speed of your SSS would be approximately 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). This is found by calculating the waterline length of the sphere and applying the standard displacement hull speed formula.

37. SSS is designed to withstand extreme, unpredictable wave conditions that typically threaten conventional cargo and tanker vessels.

38. While underway SSS, the hull maintains a slow, continuous rotation, which provides the stabilizing effect. 

39. SSS is an emerging vessel design that utilizes the entire hull as a giant, slowly rotating spherical gyroscope to achieve unparalleled stability, even against monster rogue waves.

40. Unlike traditional ships, SSS are insensitive to wave orientation, allowing them to remain stable while moving through rough water. 

41. The hull shape of SSS, has spherical hull dimensions 100' entire hull height and 100' beam and 100' length 

42. Interior space for all passengers and crew of SSS, has six decks of interior with 37,364 square feet of deck space for passengers and crew.

43. These six SSS decks individually are deck five 7536 square feet, deck six 7850 square feet, deck seven 7536 square feet, deck eight 6592 square feet, deck nine 5024 square feet and deck ten 2826 square feet.

44. All seven upper decks of SSS are above the waterline. 

45. Interior lower four decks of SSS house fuel tanks and entire propulsion system.

46. The three lowest decks of the lower four decks are below the waterline.

47. SSS has no exterior decks.

48. SSS has no exterior windows.

49. SSS, instead of windows on every deck, has multiple large high definition video screens which allow 100% visibility of the outside environment and each video screen receives a signal from a hull mounted waterproof/self-cleaning video camera.

50. These video screens are mounted on the inside of the hull all around each interior deck to appear like windows.

51. Also interior compartments which are not next to the actual hull have video screens as well.

52. This video screen system is powered with a redundant electrical system to prevent any interruption of a constant view of the outside environment. 

53. The SSS displacement when fully loaded is 3500 tons

54. SSS, when fully loaded, has a draft of 30 feet. Waterline radius is 45.83 feet which is one half of 91.6 feet and are both the length and beam dimensions of SSS at the waterline. The actual beam and overall length dimensions are both 100 feet.

55. The SSS height above the waterline is 70 feet.

56. The SSS entire outer hull is steel.

57. The SSS entire hull is one inch thick.

58. The SSS cruising speed is 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). According to Froude's law, the hull speed of your spherical boat would be approximately 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). This is found by calculating the waterline length of the sphere and applying the standard displacement hull speed formula.

59. SSS, has 15,000 horsepower diesel electric generation capacity.

60. SSS has two 7,500 horsepower Caterpillar diesel generators.

61. Each (C280-16) is a 16 cylinder powerful medium-speed unit commonly used for offshore marine generating 5 Megawatts.

62. Two of these are equal to 10 Megawatts.

63. Only one generator at a time is running SSS.

64. SSS has one generator always available as a backup.

 65. SSS has a 200,000 gallon diesel fuel capacity. 

66. SSS has 10,000 nautical mile cruising range.

67. SSS has six Schottel  flush mounted 360 degree azimuthing SPJ-180 waterjet drive pumps for propulsion and stabilization.

68. These pumps produce propulsion and rotation.

69. These pumps are 100% safe for all marine life and humans under the hull at all times while operating.

70. These SPJ-180 waterjets are driven by large electric motors.

71. SSS, has azimuthing 360 degree steering in any direction at anytime whether the hull of SSS is in spinning mode or is not in spinning mode.

72. When SSS is underway and the hull is in spinning mode, the helm matches the steering constantly with a counter propulsive force set to follow a set course by the helm.

73. As long as the counter steering is matched to the rate of rotation, regardless of any course changes, SSS will stay on course at all times.

74. SSS, rotates one rotation per minute at 3.6 m.p.h speed at the equator of the interior. 

75. This rate of rotation is very passenger friendly.

76. At one rotation per minute, considering the large mass of SSS, this speed will be ideal for maximum stabilization and maintaining a low level of internal centrifugal force. 

77. SSS hull material is one inch thick steel and most small arms weapons can not penetrate the hull

78. SSS, is 100% stable in all sea conditions of the Beaufort scale 1 thru 12 and Beaufort extended scale 13 thru 17.

79. SSS utilizes its entire structure to act as a gyro stabilizer, a unique approach    compared to traditional, rigid ship designs.

80. SSS is designed to withstand extreme, unpredictable wave conditions that typically threaten conventional cargo and tanker vessels.

81. While SSS is underway, the hull maintains a slow, continuous rotation, which provides the stabilizing effect. SSS rotates one rotation per minute at 3.6 m.p.h speed at the equator of the interior. The SSS cruising speed is 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). According to Froude's law, the hull speed of your SSS would be approximately 12.83 knots (14.77 mph). This is found by calculating the waterline length of the sphere and applying the standard displacement hull speed formula.

82. SSS is an emerging vessel design that utilizes the entire hull as a giant, slowly rotating spherical gyroscope to achieve unparalleled stability, even against monster rogue waves.

83. Unlike traditional ships, SSS is insensitive to wave orientation, allowing SSS to remain stable while moving through rough water. 

84. SSS uses the entire ship hull as one giant, spinning (rotating) spherical gyroscope and has excellent superior maneuverability and is designed for buoyancy, strength, and hydrodynamic efficiency with excellent power transmission.

85. The SSS hull is a stealth vessel almost undetectable by radar.

86. The SSS spherical hull is rotational symmetrical.

87. This type of symmetry is the reason the SSS hull does not reflect radar waves so it can not be detected by radar.

88. This type of symmetry is also why the hull of SSS, is not sensitive to its orientation to ocean waves.

89. SSS, is 100% stable in all sea conditions of the Beaufort scale 1 thru 12 and Beaufort extended scale 13 thru 17

90. SSS, is 100% stable in cat 1, cat 2, cat 3, cat 4 and cat 5 hurricanes.

91. SSS, is 100% stable in 100 foot high waves or higher.

92. SSS, is 100% stable in any Tsunami.

93. SSS has a 100% stable hull which can never remain capsized at anytime.

94. There is a very low chance of the SSS hull ever capsizing because it would take such a large wave event unlike anything ever known.

95. It would have to be a freak event but SSS would right itself immediately.

96. Normally 100 foot waves will not cause SSS to capsize. 

97. SSS, has a 100% stable self-righting hull at all times.

98. The SSS crew would know if conditions were approaching the possibility of capsizing and require the crew and passengers to go to the safe spaces onboard and use the five point harness seating to secure everyone until the vessel had self-righted after capsizing momentarily.

99. During this type of situation the helm would be able to increase the rate of rotation to compensate for wave weight and stabilize SSS to prevent a capsizing event.     

100. SSS has 10 interior decks total.

102. The basic layout of  compartments within the interior of SSS provide very comfortable accommodations for passengers and crew.

103. SSS has multiple safe spaces within the entire interior which are provided with multiple special seating with five point harnesses for both vertical seating and horizontal sleeping position.

104. These SSS safe spaces are provided everywhere so that all passengers may secure themselves when extraordinary extreme weather and sea conditions occur.

105. Although, since the SSS spinning stabilization is extremely capable of reducing or eliminating the effects of such sea conditions, passengers and crew would not normally require the use of these safe spaces.       

106. Interior space for all passengers and crew of SSS, has six decks of interior with 37,364 square feet of deck space for passengers and crew.

107. The SSS deck five has 7536 square feet, SSS deck six has 7850 square feet, SSS deck seven has 7536 square feet, SSS deck eight has 6592 square feet, SSS deck nine has 5024 square feet and SSS deck ten has 2826 square feet.

108. All seven of SSS upper decks are above the waterline. 

109. The SSS lower four decks house fuel tanks and entire propulsion system.

110. Three of the SSS four lower decks are below the waterline.

111. SSS has no exterior decks.

112. SSS has no windows.

113. SSS instead of having windows on every deck, has multiple large high definition video screens which allow 100% visibility of the outside environment and each video screen receives a signal from a hull mounted waterproof/self-cleaning video camera.

114. These video screens are mounted on the inside of the SSS hull all around each interior deck to appear like windows.

115. All interior compartments of SSS which are not next to the actual hull have video screens as well.

116. This SSS video screen system is powered with a redundant electrical system to prevent any interruption of a constant view of the outside environment.   

117. SSS, has a 100% 360 degree view of the outside environment with a helm multiple video screen array at all times.

118. From the SSS helm, for security and navigation, the helm has all directional viewing.

119. The SSS rotating helm can select a mode whereas the images from all the video cameras constantly adjust to showing a steady view of the SSS forward course in progress while underway.

120. The SSS decks, above the waterline, have multiple ingress/egress hatches , both large and small with various sizes for passenger and crew boarding and loading of cargo and auxiliary craft.

121. The SSS wet deck is deck five with 7536 square feet and can be open with access to exterior ambient water.

123. This SSS wet deck five has auxiliary craft launch and haul out capacity. 

124. This SSS wet deck can be customized with multiple possible purposes.

125. One example of many possible customized features of the SSS wet deck are a swimming pool and hot tub.

126. This SSS wet deck has multiple watertight ingress/egress large and small  hatches.

127. This SSS wet deck would be ten feet above the waterline. 

128. The standard defensive equipment of SSS, is a long-range acoustic device (LRAD), acoustic hailing device (AHD) or sound cannon which is a specialized sound weapon that produces sound at high power human attack deterrence at a distance from a potential piracy attack at sea. 

129. The hull security of SSS, is enhanced with a spherical exterior surface which prevents invasion of hull because of a complete lack of level exterior decks to stand on or walk on or land any kind aircraft on.

130. SSS has a customized option to include a helipad on the very top of the vessel.

131. The LRAD system would definitely help to deter any unwelcome aircraft.  

132. All SSS ingress/egress hatches are watertight double security hatches secured and can be locked down from interior to prevent any unauthorized entry or exist as well. 

133. The bullet proof hull of SSS is one inch thick steel and most small arms weapons can not penetrate the hull.

134. Customized versions  of spinning stabilized ship, SSS, could be a customized explorer super yacht, a research vessel, naval vessel, cruise ship, coastguard vessel, commercial fishing vessel, other types of commercial vessels, etc.