HII ships’ power from GE engines

The General Electric Marine Solutions’ family of LM2500 aeroderivative marine gas turbine engines have been selected to power two new Coast Guard and Navy surface ships under construction at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Pascagoula, Miss., shipyard Two LM2500+ gas turbines will power USS Bougainville (LHA 8), a Navy amphibious assault ship. Construction is expected to begin at HII-Pascagoula. GE LM2500+ gas turbines also power first-in-class USS America (LHA 6) and Tripoli (LHA 7). Tripoli is currently under construction at HII-Pascagoula and will be christened Sept. 16. LHA 6 is with the Navy’s fleet. An LM2500 combined diesel and gas turbine propulsion system will power the Coast Guard’s ninth National Security Cutter (NSC). All ships in the NSC Legend class feature the same LM2500 gas turbine system. Kimball (NSC 7) was launched by HII-Pascagoula on March 4. The keel of sister ship Midgett (NSC 8) was authenticated on Jan. 27. (Source: Maritime Link 08/30/17)