Gas Turbines for LHD Assault Ship
The LM2500+s each will have the U.S. Navy rating of 35,000 shaft horsepower for the LHD application. The ship will also feature a unique hybrid electric drive system, with electric motors providing propulsion power at low loitering speeds. The previous seven LHD ships, also designed and built by Ingalls, were powered by steam propulsion systems.
Six of the huge ships, designed to carry some 2000 Marines, have already been delivered to the U.S. Navy by Ingalls, and are active in the Fleet. LHD 7, recently christened Iwo Jima, is under construction and will be delivered in mid-2001. The ships are fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as noncombatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions. The ships are 844 feet long and displace 40,500 tons. |  |
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