USS Pegasus (PHM-1)

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Found another Navy fast attack boat to make that I was thinking of making for a long time. USS Pegasus (PHM-1)

The USS Pegasus PHM-1 was the lead ship of her class of hydrofoils operated by the United States Navy. Pegasus-class vessels were designed for high speed and mobility and carried a powerful armament for their size.

Name	Pegasus
Namesake	Pegasus
Awarded	1 February 1973
Builder	Boeing Marine Systems, Renton, Washington
Laid down	10 May 1973
Launched	9 November 1974
Commissioned	9 July 1977
Decommissioned	30 July 1993
Stricken	30 July 1993
Homeport	Key West, Florida
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 19 August 1996

General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Pegasus-class hydrofoil
Displacement	178 long tons (181 t) light 248 long tons (252 t) full
Length	131.2 ft (40.0 m)
Beam	28.2 ft (8.6 m)
Draft	23.2 feet (7.1 m) hull borne 8.8 ft (2.7 m) foil borne
Installed power	2 × Mercedes-Benz marine diesels (hullborne), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW) 1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (foil borne), 18,000 ship (13,423 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Water jets (hull borne) 1 × Water jet (foil borne)
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) hull borne 48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph) foil borne
Range	750–1,200 nmi (1,390–2,220 km)
Complement	4 officers, 17 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	LN-66 navigation radar Mk 94 Mod 1 fire-control system
Armament	1 × 76 mm (3 in)/62 Mk.75 OTO-Melara gun 2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon