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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

US Navy’s LCS 4 completes main engine light-off

USS Independence (LCS-2) |The US Navy's second Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, Coronado (LCS 4), has successfully completed its main engine light-off following completion of the fuel load and testing of all four generators.

Conducted by Austal, the main engine light-off onboard the 127m-long LCS 4 included two MTU 9,100kW 20V 8000 M71 propulsion diesel engines and two GE Aviation-built 22,000kW GE LM2500 gas turbine engines.

Austal USA interim president and chief financial officer Brian Leathers said the LCS team would now move towards sea trials in the near future.

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