It is effective to reduce vibration of a ship stern that vibration isolation on the dominant transmission path. The transmission paths model of a ship stern was built based on the ship stern structure. When excited longitudinally at the propeller, the transmission paths of stern is analyzed and sequenced by the transmission paths analysis method. The results show that the palace at bearing basement is a dominant path when excited longitudinally. Thus, when the dominant transmission path is identified, passive control or structural modifications on the path can attenuate vibration levels effectively. The numerical results explain that the acoustic radiations of the structure can reduced by modification of the bearings rigidities and of bearing basement configuration.