0 - General Description

Question 1

Propulsion

Answer 1

4 General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine Engines with single shank design, which drive two propeller shafts at 100,000 total shaft horsepower. The ship is also equipped with a reversible pitch propeller, which allows precise speed and direction changes.

Question 2

Electrical

Answer 2

3 Ship Service Gas Turbine Generator Sets, each consisting of a Rolls-Royce
501-K34 Model Gas Turbine Engine prime mover, coupled to a Kato Engineering Generator Assembly. Each Set is capable of generating 3000KW, 4800 Amps of 3-phase power at 450VAC, 60Hz.

Question 3

Auxiliary

Answer 3

Two 12,000 gpd Reverse Osmosis Desalination Units.
Three 125 psi Low Pressure Air Compressors (LPAC).
Five 1575 gpm Seawater Machinery Cooling Pumps.
Five 200-ton Air Conditioning (A/C) Plants.
Two 1.5-ton Refrigeration Machinery Units.
Integrated Bridge Steering System.
LAMPS Mk III Helicopter Recovery, Assist, Securing and Traverse System (RAST).

Question 4

DC

Answer 4

Three Repair Lockers

Vertically Offset Firemain Loop - six 1000 GPM Fire Pumps

AFFF - two 600 gallon stations

Halon 1301 Fire Extinguishing System

Countermeasure Wash Down System

Collective Protection System (CPS) - Defense against CBR attacks

Question 5

FWD VCHT

Answer 5

NR 1 Firepump
NR 1 (FWD) VCHT Pump/Ejectors

Question 6

AUX1

Answer 6

SPY and C&D Cooling Skids

NR 1 SSGTG Set/NR 1 SWBD
Potable Water Tanks/Pumps
RO Demineralizer and Polishing Unit
NR 1 and 1A A/C Plants
NR 2 Firepump
NR 1 SWS Pump
NR 1 Main Eductor

Question 7

MER 1

Answer 7

1A/1B GTM
NR 1 MRG

NR 1A and 1B Reverse Osmosis Desalination Unit (RODU)
NR 1 LPAC/LPAD
ICAS Station
FWD F/O X’Fer Sys
NR 3 Firepump
NR 2 SWS Pump
NR 1 OW X’Fer Pump
NR 2 Main Eductor

Question 8

AUX 2

Answer 8

STBD Main Thrust Bearing

NR 2 and 3 A/C Plants
NR 3 SWS Pump
OWS and OCM

Question 9

MER 2

Answer 9

2A/2B GTM
NR 2 MRG
1A Line Shaft Bearing

NR 2 (Ship Service Gas Turbine Generator) SSGTG Set/NR
2 SWBD
NR 2 and 3 LPACs/LPADs
AFT F/O X’Fer Sys
NR 4 Firepump
NR 4 SWS Pump
NR 2 OW X’Fer Pump
NR 3 Main Eductor

Question 10

Shaft Alley

Answer 10

Port Main Thrust Bearing
2A/1B LSB
Port/STBD Stern Tube Seal

NR 2 (Aft) VCHT
NR 4 A/C Plant
NR 5 Firepump
NR 5 SWS Pump

Question 11

3 Gen

Answer 11

NR 3 GTG

Port/STBD Stern Tube Bearing
Port/STBD Strut Bearing

NR 3 SWBD
NR 6 Firepump
JP-5 Service and
Transfer System (incl tanks and pumps)