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Thursday, February 02, 2012

GE Marine's LM2500 Gas Turbine to Power Fifth National Security Cutter

USCG BerthlofGE Marine reports that its LM2500 gas turbine will be used in the Combined Diesel And Gas turbine (CODAG) propulsion system to power the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) fifth National Security Cutter.

“We are pleased that our GE LM2500 gas turbine has been selected to power the fifth United States Coast Guard National Security Cutter,” said Brien Bolsinger.

“Similar to the previous four ships, the fifth cutter will use one LM2500 combined with two MTU Series 1163 diesel engines provided by Tognum America that will be capable of propelling the ship at speeds up to 28 knots.”

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