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Pegasus (PHM-1)

Call sign:
November - Whiskey - Golf - Tango

Pegasus Class Patrol Combatant-Missile (Hydrofoil):

The second Pegasus was laid down 10 May 1973 at Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Washington

Launched 9 November 1974

Commissioned 9 July 1977

Decommissioned 30 July 1993

Struck from the Naval Register 30 July 1993

Sold for scrap 19 August 1996 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.

Specifications:

Displacement 178 t.(lt), 248 t.(fl)

Length 131.2'

Beam 28.2'

Draft 6.2' (hullborne, foils retracted), 23.2' (hullborne, foils extended), 8.8' Foilborne (nominal)

Speed 11 kts. (hullborne), 40+ kts. (foilborne)

Complement 21

Armament: One Melera Mk 75, 76mm gun mount and eight Harpoon missiles

Propulsion: Foilborne one 18,000shp General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine engine with waterjet propulsion, Hullborne two 1,600bhp Mercedes-Benz diesel engines with water jets.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Pegasus
	105k	Namesake: *Pegasus* is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse *Pegasus* in Greek mythology. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the 88 constellations recognized today. With an apparent magnitude varying between 2.37 and 2.45, the brightest star in *Pegasus* is the orange supergiant Epsilon Pegasi, also known as Enif, which marks the horse's muzzle. Alpha (Markab), Beta (Scheat), and Gamma (Algenib), together with Alpha Andromedae (Alpheratz) form the large asterism known as the Square of *Pegasus*. Twelve star systems have been found to have exoplanets. 51 Pegasi was the first Sun-like star discovered to have an exoplanet companion	Tommy Trampp
	223k	c. September 1974 Under construction National Archives photo 428-GX-1106548	Tracy White
	136k	U.S. Navy photo from the March 1975 edition of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
	123k		Joe Radigan
	186k	Inboard profile by Norman Friedman from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman	Robert Hurst
	254k	9 November 1974 Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, WA Prior to her launch Photo from U.S. Small Combatants: An Illustrated Design History, by Norman Friedman	Robert Hurst
12160137	53k	Three views of *Pegasus* underway at Seattle, 05 May 1975. Note the civilian hydrofoil and the Hamilton-class Coast Guard cutter in the background. Photos from unknown source, numbered D4C-116597-24, D4C-116597-6 and D4C-116597-12	Naval Historical Center
12160138	53k
12160139	53k
USS Pegasus (PHM 1)
	169k	U.S. Navy photo from the NAVSEA Journal	Bob Bush
	69k	U.S. Navy photo	International Hydrofoil Society web site
	83k	Test run off San Diego, CA	Robert Hurst
	106k	Harpoon missile launch
	331k	U.S. Navy photo
	62k	.	Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR, Ret.
	264k	Photo from National Museum of the U.S. Navy	Michael Mohl
	420k	Photo from National Museum of the U.S. Navy	Michael Mohl
	176k		Tommy Trampp
	247k	Photo from the Key West Art and Historical Society Collection. Courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries	Robert Hurst
	125k	Test run off San Diego, CA. The foils can clearly be seen beneath the surface of the water U.S. Navy photo
	1,112k	In company with a Sikorsky SH-3G Sea King and a McDonnell Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk of Composite Squadron ONE, off Hawaii U.S. Navy photo
	75k	c. 1975 Visiting San Francisco, CA U.S. Navy photo
	78k	U.S. Navy photo from the September 1975 edition of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
	72k	Original photo: U.S. Navy photo from the July 1976 edition of All Hands magazine Replacement photo: From NAVSEA Journal	Original photo: Joe Radigan Replacement photo: Bob Bush
	162k	c. Summer 1978 Visiting San Francisco, CA Alcatraz Island is in the background	Robert M. Cieri
	177k	c. Summer 1978 Visiting San Francisco, CA	Robert M. Cieri
	153k	c. 1978 San Diego, CA	Richard Stiles
	240k	c. 1980s Tied up at Trumbo Point, Key West, FL Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic Photo from the Key West Art and Historical Society Collection. Courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries	Robert Hurst
	194k	c. 1980 At Trumbo Pier D-1, Key West, FL U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries	Robert Hurst
	457k	1 January 1984 A starboard bow view of Pegasus as she engages in high speed foilborne maneuvering U. S. Navy photo DN-ST-86-02402 by PHAA David Carerras	Robert M. Cieri
	339k	1 May 1984 Pegasus, in the foreground and the USS Aries (PHM 5), are shown underway hullborne, with the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 46) in the background. U. S. Navy photo DN-SC-86-04785 by PHAA Alan Elliott	Robert M. Cieri
	226k	c. February 1988 Tied up at Trumbo Point, Key West, FL Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic Photo from the Key West Art and Historical Society Collection. Courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries	Robert Hurst
	189k	c. 1990 Tied up at Trumbo Annex of the Naval Air Station Key West, FL U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the Florida Keys Public Libraries
	334k	13 June 1993 All six vessels of Patrol Combatant Missile Hydrofoil Squadron TWO travel in formation en route to Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA for decommissioning. The formation includes the Pegasus, USS Hercules (PHM-2), USS Taurus (PHM-3), USS Aquila (PHM-4), USS Aries (PHM-5) and USS Gemini (PHM-6) U.S. Navy photo DN-ST-93-05725 by PH2 Douglas F. Mooney
	398k	13 June 1993 Vessels of Patrol Combatant Missile Hydrofoil Squadron 2 travel in formation en route to Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Va. for decommissioning. The hydrofoils include: the Pegasus, USS Hercules (PHM-2), USS Taurus (PHM-3), USS Aquila (PHM-4), USS Aries (PHM-5) and the USS Gemini (PHM-6) U.S. Navy photo DN-SC-93-05730 from National Museum of the U.S. Navy	Michael Mohl
Radio controlled model of Pegasus
	237k	Radio controlled, 1/50 scale, operational model of Pegasus constructed by Yoichi Takahashi	Yoichi Takahashi Kyoto, Japan
	205k	Foil-borne radio controlled, 1/50 scale, operational model of Pegasus constructed by Yoichi Takahashi
	93k	Rear view of radio controlled, 1/50 scale, operational model of Pegasus constructed by Yoichi Takahashi
	124k	Radio controlled, 1/50 scale, operational model of Pegasus constructed by Yoichi Takahashi

Commanding Officers
PCU	LCDR Erich H. Ashburn, USN	9 November 1974
PCU	LCDR David Peter Yonkers, USN	1977
01	LCDR William John Erickson, USN - USNA Class of 1965	9 July 1977 - 31 July 1979
02	LCDR Charles Westervelt Penque, Jr., USN - USNA Class of 1967	31 July 1979 - 14 August 1979
03	LCDR Glenn Frederic Gottschalk, USN - USNA Class of 1968	14 August 1979 - 14 December 1979
04	LCDR James Worthington Orvis, USN	14 December 1979 - 21 June 1981
05	LCDR Thomas Herbert Berns, USN - USNA Class of 1968	21 June 1981 - 5 July 1983
06	LCDR Drew Wentz Beasley, USN	5 July 1983 - 21 October 1985
07	LCDR Robert Lewis Holt, USN	21 October 1985 - 15 January 1988
08	LCDR Michael Charles Beck, USN	15 January 1988 - 21 October 1989
09	LCDR Martin Alan Drake, USN	21 October 1989 - 10 October 1991
10	LCDR William Frederick Laeson, USN	10 October 1991 - 3 July 1993
11	LCDR Douglas E. LeMasters, USN	3 July 1993 - 30 July 1993

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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Pegasus (PHM-1)

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