GE ships LM2500s to Ingalls

CRYSTAL CITY, Va. - GE’s Marine Solutions has shipped its LM2500 marine gas turbine propulsion module, which is designed to help power the Navy’s 75th Arleigh Burke­-class destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the company reported Jan. 10 at the Surface Navy Association’s symposium. Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division in Pascagoula, Miss., will construct the new destroyer with Navy Flight III upgrades. Each DDG destroyer features four GE LM2500 marine gas turbines in a COmbined Gas turbine And Gas turbine (COGAG) configuration. HII-Ingalls has delivered 30 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers to the Navy. (Source: GE Marine Solutions 01/10/18)