Each of the
three AWDs for this program will be powered by two LM2500 gas turbines in a
Combined Diesel or Gas turbine (CODOG) configuration. (photo : GE Marine)
GE Marine
reports it has delivered two LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines to ASC in
Adelaide, Australia. The LM2500s will power the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN)
third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD).
ASC, the AWD
project shipbuilder within the AWD Alliance, is constructing all three
Hobart-class AWDs. Each ship features two LM2500s configured in a CODOG
arrangement with two diesel engines. The RAN’s new destroyers are based on the
design developed and used by Navantia of Spain for the Spanish Navy’s F100
frigate program.
The LM2500
gas turbines for the AWD program were manufactured at GE’s Evendale, Ohio,
facility. The base and enclosure assemblies for the LM2500s were built by
Thales Australia Limited, through a business component in Bendigo, Victoria,
Australia.
The RAN
currently operates 16 LM2500 gas turbines in two additional ship classes – the
Adelaide- and ANZAC- class frigate programs. The RAN also will use LM2500s to
power two Canberra-class LHD ships, to be named HMAS Canberra and HMAS
Adelaide. The RAN’s LHD ships, currently under construction, will rely on one
LM2500 gas turbine in a COmbined Diesel Electric And Gas turbine (CODLAG)
configuration.
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