"M Hull" ship has line propellers

The United States Department of Defense is working on a ship usingwhat it calls "M Hull" technology, composed of M-shaped arches that letships travel at a blistering 50 knots without making waves. There's anelement of stealth at work here, too, where now ships can sneak up oneach other, terminating each other's command with extreme prejudice.

Source: gizmag.comAdded: 22 February 2006