早在1917年美海军“新墨西哥”号战舰就采用了汽轮机-电力推进系统。后来一直到第二次世界大战期间,美海军建造了数百艘电力推进战舰。当时采用电力推进的主要原因是齿轮装置制造量不足。在当时技术水平下,由于整个推进系统笨重、占用空间多、电气设备隔潮困难,有高压危险等,使其在日后应用受到限制。自70年代以来,除核动力战舰用汽轮机动力装置外,驱逐舰和护卫舰等大中型水面战舰均趋向 As early as 1917, the U.S. Navy's “New Mexico” warship used a steam turbine-electric propulsion system. Later until the Second World War, the U.S. Navy built hundreds of electric propulsion warships. The main reason for using electric propulsion at the time was the insufficient manufacturing of gear units. Under the technical level at that time, due to the bulky propulsion system, occupy more space, electrical equipment Dian Dian difficult, there is a high voltage danger, so that its future application is limited. Since the 1970s, in addition to the nuclear-powered warship turbine power plant, large and medium-sized surface warships such as destroyers and frigates have tended to move