Atomic powered direct thrust vessel

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VESSEL INCLUDING A HULL DEFINING A STERN PORTION, MEANS FOR PROPELLING SAID VESSEL THROUGH A BODY OF WATER COMPRISING A CHAMBER DEFINED IN SAID VESSEL, A WATER INLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID CHAMBER, STEAM GENERATING MEANS FOR CONVERTING WATER ENTERING SAID CHAMBER INTO STEAM, AND MEANS CONTROLLING THE ESCAPE OF SAID STEAM THROUGH SAID PORTION WHEREBY THE IMPACT OF SAID ESCAPING STEAM AGAINST THE BODY OF WATER IN THE WAKE OF THE VESSEL PROPELS SAID VESSEL FORWARDLY, SAID MEANS CONTROLLING THE ESCAPE OF SAID STEAM THROUGH SAID STERN PORTION INCLUDING A MANIFOLD DEFINING A PLURALITY OF GROUPS OF SPACED MANIFOLD PORTS COMMUNICATING SAID CHAMBER WITH THE BODY OF WATER IN THE WAKE OF SAID VESSEL, A MOVABLE MANIFOLD SHUTTER SUPERPOSED OVER SAID MANIFOLD PORTS OF EACH GROUP IN SEALED RELATIONSHIP AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY MOVING SAID MANIFOLD SHUTTERS AND SELECTIVELY EXPOSING CERTAIN ONES OF SAID MANIFOLD PORTS.