GE to Supply Two LM2500s for the U.S. Navy's Eighth Gas Turbine-Powered Strategic Sealift Ship
June 29, 2000
EVENDALE, Ohio -- GE Marine Engines announced that its LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine has been selected to power the U.S. Navy's eighth gas turbine-powered Strategic Sealift vessel. GE's contract is with the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), San Diego, Calif., a subsidiary of General Dynamics.
The Strategic Sealift vessel will use two GE LM2500s, each rated at 32,000 horsepower, the highest rating for this gas turbine for either a commercial or military marine application. GE is also supplying the main reduction gears and the machinery automation drive and control system for the LM2500 propulsion package.
The Sealift ship is 950 feet long by 105 feet wide, and can cruise at 24 knots (approximately 27 miles per hour). The ships are used for the deployment of military cargoes in either a pre-positioning or surge mode to anywhere in the world.
NASSCO has contracts for a total of eight Sealift vessels. NASSCO delivered the first gas turbine-powered USNS Watson Sealift ship to the U.S. Navy in June 1998. Since that time, NASSCO has deployed four additional gas turbine-powered Sealift vessels, the Sisler, Dahl, Red Cloud and Charlton. Deliveries by NASSCO of the Sealift vessels to the U.S. Navy will extend to 2002.
GE Marine Engines is part of GE Aircraft Engines and is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio. GE Marine Engines is the world's largest designer, developer and manufacturer of aeroderivative gas turbines for a variety of commercial and military marine propulsion applications. Visit GE Marine Engines on the worldwide web at www.geae.net
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