An acceleration system for a link belt-mounted ship includes; water wheels, rotating shafts mounted through the water wheels, link belts surrounding the water wheels and formed at an outer peripheral surface thereof with hook-shaped blades, ball bearing units mounted external to the water wheels so that the rotating shafts are inserted therethrough, square pipes onto which the ball bearing units are bolted, hinges bolted onto the square pipes and each hinge having a hinge rod bolted to the hull, and hydraulic cylinders fastened on the square pipes so that they are fixed to the bottom surface of the hull by way of upper brackets and associated pins, and fixed to the square pipes by way of lower brackets and associated pins.