Azipod is a trademarked azimuth thruster pod design, a marine propulsion unit consisting of a fixed pitch propeller mounted on a steerable gondola containing the electric motor driving the propeller,
Closeup of one of USCGC Mackinaw's 3.3 MW Azipod units
The first Azipod unit, installed on the Finnish fairway support vessel Seili in 1990, is displayed at the Forum Marinum maritime museum in Turku, Finland.