USS Makin Island

摘要

One of the U.S. Navy's first application of modern electric warship technology is the hybrid electric drive (HED) on USS Makin Island (LHD 8). In Makin Island's HED system, a relatively small propulsion motor powered from diesel generators augments a gas turbine mechanical drive shaft. When operating at low speeds, the diesel electric drive motor is much more fuel efficient than the gas turbine operating at a small fraction of its rated load. This same system has been incorporated into the LHAs of the America class. For more specific technical details of the Makin Island HED and electric plant design, see (Dalton et al. 2002) and (Dusang et al. 2006).