BACKGROUND MOST ships have motions such as yaw, pitch, roll, heave, sway and surge caused by waves throughout the Beaufort Scale numbers 0-12. As Beaufort Scale numbers increase in magnitude, these motions also increase in magnitude and  can cause catastrophic capsizing, sinking, hull fracture, hull separation, broaching, pitchpoling, swamping, etc. MOST ships, whether they are monohulls, multihulls, displacement hulls, planing hulls or semi displacement hulls, have a bow(s), stern(s), starboard, portside, external deck(s), superstructure(s), keel(s) and are oriented along their horizontal central longitudinal axis between their bow and their stern. They are sensitive in how they orient themselves to waves that may occur in Beaufort Scale numbers 0-12 and this sensitivity increases dangerously as Beaufort Scale numbers increase and wave size increases. SSS is a spinning (rotating) stabilized ship and is dissimilar to most ships due to its rotationally symmetrical wetted  surface around its vertical axis, active spinning (rotational) ship stabilization and passive ship shape stabilization. Due to these unique active and passive stabilization features, SSS has extraordinary stability.

 

SUMMARY SSS is not oriented along a horizontal central longitudinal axis. The wetted surface of all SSS variations must be rotationally symmetrical around their vertical axis. A sphere-shaped SSS is one of many variations which have both a rotationally symmetrical wetted  surface and a rotationally symmetrical non-wetted surface around the vertical axis. All SSS variations must have spinning (rotating) ship stabilization. All SSS variations must be able to navigate with their spinning (rotating) ship stabilization either activated or deactivated. Many SSS variations might vary, in their sensitivity to how they orient themselves to waves that occur in Beaufort Scale numbers 0-12, depending on their variations of wetted surfaces and non-wetted surfaces. A sphere-shaped SSS is one variation which is insensitive to how it orients itself to waves. Many SSS variations could have a non-wetted surface which isn’t rotationally symmetrical around its vertical axis combined with a wetted surface which is rotationally symmetrical around the vertical axis. SSS’s  loaded displacement tonnage must be balanced around its vertical axis.

 

DETAILED DESCRIPTION SSS’s interior would generally have spaces for propulsion, navigation, shelter wet decks for work and/or recreation, machine shop, hatch covered or uncovered helipad, helm, fuel, passenger and crew quarters, galley, heads, pools, hot tubs, saunas, gyms, libraries, theaters, freshwater system, sewage treatment system, auxiliary craft launch and haul out wet deck, etc. Depending on the shape of the unwetted surface of SSS, it could have an exterior deck(s) with spaces for some of the aforementioned features. The wetted surface of SSS must be rotationally symmetrical around its vertical axis. The unwetted surface of SSS can be rotationally symmetrical or not rotationally symmetrical around its vertical axis. Multiple 360 degree thrusters, on the SSS’s bottom, are programmed to synchronously generate thrust for spinning (rotating) SSS around its vertical axis, which generates gyroscopic stabilization, and generate propulsion capability with a 360 degree range of propulsive thrust. SSS generates a 360 degree range of propulsive thrust when it isn’t spinning (rotating).  SSS’s wetted surface can be shaped rotationally symmetrical around its vertical axis like a hemisphere, semi ellipse, cylindrical segment, conical frustum, etc. The non-wetted surface can be any shape(s) as long as it doesn’t interfere with the spinning (rotation) of SSS. 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. Is SSS a ship or a boat? Consider “ship versus boat”. “A ship can carry a boat(s) but a boat can not carry a ship(s)”.  CLAIM #1 SSS has a rotationally symmetrical wetted surface around its vertical axis. CLAIM #2 SSS can generate a 360 degree range of propulsive thrust around its vertical axis using 360 degree thrusters. CLAIM #3 SSS  can generate thrust for spinning (rotating) itself around its vertical axis to generate gyroscopic stabilization using 360 degree thrusters. CLAIM #4 SSS can generate thrust to synchronously spin (rotate) itself and generate propulsive thrust in a 360 degree range around its vertical axis using 360 degree thrusters.