New design of propulsion and auxiliary plant for US Navy 'Wasp'-class LHDs

摘要

Last year Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, was awarded an advanced design contract for the eighth of the US Navy's 'Wasp'-class LHDs. This called for Ingalls (working in an Integrated Product Team environment with the Navy) in preparing the ship specifications for the vessel and, importantly, the development of the detailed machinery design, to replace the steam propulsion plant and all steam systems provided on previous LHDs, with a hybrid installation of gas turbines for main propulsion and diesel-electric for 12kt propulsion and all-electric auxiliary systems.