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Jim Hathaway
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Username: compassrose
Post Number: 126
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 5:48 pm: | 
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I was just reading about LHD-8, USS Makin Island.
While LHD 1-7 were steam turbine powered, LHA-8 will have LM-2500+ gas turbines.
If a ship the size of an LHD can be powered by gas turbines, one wonders how long until all the steam plants go-
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 9135
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 4, 2006 - 6:10 pm: |
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Steam plants have been on the way out for a very long time now, except for nuclear powered vessels. Gas turbines may not be the most economical going but in light of how fast they can be brought on line, they make good sense for the military.
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Michael H. Standart
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Jim Hathaway
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Username: compassrose
Post Number: 127
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2006 - 5:07 am: |
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I've been seeing the decline for quite some time, but I believe until now, all has been confined to destroyer size hulls.
I wonder about civil ships, I assume steam plants have largely replaced with diesel.
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 9142
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, January 5, 2006 - 5:25 am: |
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>>I wonder about civil ships, I assume steam plants have largely replaced with diesel.<<
For the most part, they have been. They're just more economical to operate. Even the biggest cruise ships and liners are being built with them now. Gas turbines have been making inroads into the U.S. Navy's support vessels for some time now. The Supply Class AOE's have the LM-2500's. A lot of the gators have been going over to diesels. One of my own ships had them and the San Antonio class LPD's have them as well.
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Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 28480
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 4:15 am: |
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From Global Security.org:
Makin Island Completes Critical Certification
quote:PASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- Makin Island (LHD 8) passed its first security force assessment June 20 with a final proficiency score topping 97 percent.
The command was required to complete the assessment in order to become Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP) certified.
More at http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2009/07/mil-090703-nns04.htm
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 28831
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2009 - 2:07 am: |
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From The Navy Times:
Gator debuts with young crew, hybrid power
quote:ABOARD THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP MAKIN ISLAND — The main engines were running, the flight deck was lined by sailors in their gleaming white crackerjacks and a throng of shipbuilders in hard hats was assembled on the waterfront. Slowly, gingerly, the Navy’s newest big-deck gator began to pull away out into the river and music crackled over the 1MC public address system.
It was alt-rockers Phantom Planet, playing their theme song from the TV show “The O.C.”
“Californ-iaaa … Californ-iaaa ... here we coo-ooome!”
More at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/07/navy_makin_071809w/
NAVSOURCE Photopage at http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/08/0808.htm
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 28912
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 3:07 am: |
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From The Navy Newsstand:
Makin Island's Sailors, Marines Conduct Inaugural Flight Ops
quote:USS MAKIN ISLAND, At Sea (NNS) -- USS Makin Island's (LHD 8) Air Department successfully landed helicopters from four of the five armed services while on its way to its commissioning site and new homeport in San Diego.
During the first three days underway, Makin Island completed nearly 250 "touch and go's" (take-off and landing evolutions) with four different types of aircraft, and achieved Aviation Readiness Qualification (ARQ) Underway flight deck certifications.
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47112
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 29493
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, August 14, 2009 - 1:08 am: |
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From The Navy Newsstand:
Makin Island Makes First Port Call in Rio De Janeiro
quote:USS MAKIN ISLAND, At Sea (NNS) -- The Navy's newest Wasp-Class amphibious assault ship, USS Makin Island (LHD 8), spent four days in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using the time to interact with Brazilian military members and enjoy some liberty in one of South America's most famous cities Aug. 12.
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=47598
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 30222
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, September 12, 2009 - 4:36 am: |
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From The Navy Newsstand:
Makin Island to Arrive in San Diego
quote:SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Navy's newest multi-purpose amphibious ship, USS Makin Island (LHD 8), will arrive at her homeport in San Diego Sept. 14, bringing more than 1,000 Sailors and their families to the community.
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=48212
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 30332
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 6:31 am: |
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From The Navy News:
Makin Island Conserves $2 Million in Fuel During San Diego Transit
quote:WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The future USS Makin Island (LHD 8) arrived at her homeport of San Diego Sept. 14 after spending nearly two months at sea.
LHD 8 is the first U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship to replace steam boilers with gas turbines, and the first Navy surface ship to be equipped with both gas turbines and an Auxiliary Propulsion System (APS).
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=48278
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 30767
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, October 5, 2009 - 5:16 am: |
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From The Navy Newsstand:
Makin Island Sailors Celebrate New Logistics Specialist Rating
quote:NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) -- Postal clerks (PCs) and storekeepers (SKs) on board USS Makin Island (LHD 8) had the unique opportunity to observe the Navy-wide merger of their rates into the new logistics specialist (LS) rating during a ceremony held aboard Makin Island Oct. 1.
In attendance for the historic event was Rear Adm. Michael J. Lyden, commander, Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP).
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=48711
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
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Michael H. Standart
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Username: mstandart
Post Number: 31091
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 4:58 am: |
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From The Navy Newsstand:
'Green Ship' Makin Island to be Commissioned
quote:NORTH ISLAND, Calif. (NNS) -- USS Makin Island (LHD 8) will be formally commissioned in a ceremony on Naval Air Station North Island Oct. 24.
The ship, which has been dubbed the "Prius of Navy warships," arrived in San Diego in mid-September, three years after her christening. The ship brought over 1,000 Sailors and their families to the San Diego community.
More at http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=49049
Cordially,
Michael H. Standart
Equal Opportunity Curmudgeon
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