Yamato-1: The World’s First Ship With Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

Fascinating Look Back at Mitsubishi's Yamato-1, a Full-Scale Ship with Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

In the early 1990s, Japan created a remarkable ship that moved over water without the use of propellers or turbines. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries completed the project in 1991 and called it Yamato-1. It made its inaugural excursion across Kobe Harbour under its own power in June 1992, marking a historic milestone as the first full-sized [...]

Yamato-1: The World’s First Ship With Magnetohydrodynamic Propulsion

Although the humble propeller and its derivatives still form the primary propulsion method for ships, this doesn’t mean that alternative methods haven’t been tried. One of the more fasc…