The invention discloses a ship direct current networking electric propulsion device with higher device integration level and better overall performance indexes, which comprises a control cabinet, a power generation cabinet, a propulsion cabinet, a brake cabinet, a daily power supply cabinet, a direct current cabinet and a chopper cabinet which are connected with each other on a direct current bus.The invention also discloses a design method of the device, wherein the method sequentially comprises the following steps of: determining the load power of the daily power supply cabinet, propulsioncabinet and device, reasonably determining the power of the power generation cabinet according to the fact that the sum of the load power of the power generation cabinet and the chopper cabinet is larger than the load power of the device, achieving the reasonable distribution of the load power of each cabinet, in the structure arrangement of the device, according to the principles of structure symmetry and convenient wiring, forming a device structure arrangement diagram, and by calculating the direct current of the device, re-adjusting the structure of the device according to the principle ofminimum direct current, achieving higher device integration. According to the method, the overall performance indexes, the integration level, the heat dissipation and the weight of the device are optimized.