USS PEGASUS (PHM-1) US Navy Patrol Combatant Hydrofoil – Missile built by Boeing Marine, launched Jun 74; first foilborne flight Feb 75; commissioned into service Jul 77. | (75k) |
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USS HERCULES PHM-2 Commissioned July 1982 Ship’s Badge on Badges page |
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U.S.S. Taurus PHM-3
Commissioned October 1981 PDF of PHM3 commissioning brochure. |
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USS AQUILA (PHM-4)
Commissioned December 1981 |
Underway in the Gulf of Mexico (86k) |
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With a Jetfoil (65k) |
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Launching (197k) |
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USS Aries (PHM-5)
Commissioned April 1982 |
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Emergency Landing! (28k) |
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Refueling (3 photos) (30k total) |
At Launch (90k) |
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USS Gemini (PHM-6)
Commissioned June 1982 |
Newspaper photo of Gemini being delivered to PSNS by Boeing. (57k) |
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PHMs | (12k) |
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3 PHMs as they are today. More photos |
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An artists impression of the proposed Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) variant NATO Patrol Hydrofoil. Rather than the harpoon missiles on the quarterdeck, this variant seemed to have been planned to be fitted with Exocet missiles rather than Harpoon. | (127k) |
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PHMs under construction | (168k) |
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General arangement drawing of the PHM scanned from the September 1981 extract of Maritime Defence | (104k) |