As is distinct from general gas-liquid two-phase flow, a large number of bubbles with different diameters belong to ship wakes. Feasibility of Laplace equation, used to calculate wake sound speed (WSS), is confirmed based on differential postulation. Defect for calculating the adiabatic sound speed of gases in references is showed, and a concept of WSS is proposed clearly. A minimum WSS of 24.5 m/s is got when bubble ratio reads 0.5 according to the calculation when bubble dimension is less than that of resonance. Also a weak dependence of WSS on pressures is predicted. WSS from calculation corresponds with the experimental data of references well in high frequency domain, when the actual scale of bubbles is greater than the resonant scale.ship wake, bubble film, Laplace equation, resonant frequency, sound speed Due to propeller cavitation, wave fragmentation at the ocean surface, and a great deal of air trapped along the waterline, the appearance of a streak of foamy and churned water which contains lots of bubbles behind a ship under way, is known as the ship's wake. Wake photo of a small-sized ship taken under conditions of lake experiments is showed in Figure 1. A method for detecting, tracking, or identifying the ship which has produced the wake may be achieved based on the investigation of ship wakes. Special characteristics of acoustics, electromagnetism, optics, and thermology are of ship wakes [1] . Physical specialties and geometric structures of wakes are important information sources for tracking, identifying or locating the target. Larger bubbles float upward fast and break down soon while micro-bubbles live a long time for over ten minutes. These micro-bubbles will dissolve in water or break down with the increase of time [2,3] . Density and compressibility of air have Figure 1 Wake picture of a small-sized ship.