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Gemini (PHM 6)



Call sign:
November - Papa - Golf - Uniform
Pegasus Class Patrol Combatant-Missile (Hydrofoil):

  • Laid down 13 May 1980 by Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Washington
  • Launched 17 February 1982
  • Delivered 13 March 1983
  • Commissioned 13 November 1982
  • 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 133'
  • Beam 29'
  • Speed 51 kts.
  • Complement 24
  • Armament: One 76mm gun mount and eight AGM-84 Harpoon missiles
  • Propulsion: Two 1,600bhp Mercedes-Benz marine diesel engines (Hullborne) and one 18,000shp General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (Foilborne), two water jets.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Gemini 96k
    Namesake:

    Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for twins, and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology

    		 Tommy Trampp
    Gemini 93k 13 March 1983
    Delivery day at Naval Shipyard Bremerton, WA    		 Steve Miller
    Gemini 97k Off Key West, FL
    Gemini 86k
    Gemini 335k Photo from National Museum of the U.S. Navy Michael Mohl
    Gemini 357k
    Gemini 126k U.S. Navy photo from the October 1983 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
    Gemini 166k Racine (LST 1191), Gemini and Hercules (PHM 2) at Acapulco, Mexico
    U.S. Navy photo from the October 1983 edition of All Hands magazine
    Hercules 127k Racine (LST 1191), Gemini and Hercules (PHM 2) at Key West, FL
    U.S. Navy photo from the October 1983 edition of All Hands magazine
    Gemini 93k U.S. Navy photo by PH1 Harold J. Gerwien, from the March 1984 edition of All Hands magazine
    Gemini 170k 15 May 1984
    A port bow view of the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil Gemini moored at the Washington Navy Yard during a port visit. The destroyer Barry (DD 933), background, is a permanent memorial vessel
    Defense Visual Information photo DN-ST-85-11654 by Don S. Montgomery    		 Robert M. Cieri
    Gemini 295k 1 August 1985
    Underway during UNITAS 85
    Defense Visual Information photo DN-ST-85-11076    		 Original photo: Bill Gonyo
    Replacement photo: Robert Hurst
    Gemini 119k c. September 1987
    Key West, FL
    USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC-903) moored forward of Gemini
    Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries    		 Robert Hurst
    Gemini 236k Key West, FL
    At Mallory docks for open house
    Photo by Raymond L. Blazevic courtesy of Florida Keys Public Libraries
    Aquila 253k Key West, FL
    A port bow view of the patrol combatant missile hydrofoils Gemini, left and the Aquila (PHM 4) moored to a pier. The Gemini's foils are deployed
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo DN-SC-93-03749 (18461586004). National Museum of the U.S. Navy    		 Robert Hurst
    Photos added 26 February 2022
    Taurus 236k 1 November 1989
    Key West, FL
    Patrol combatant missile hydrofoils USS Aquila (PHM 4), front, and Gemini, center, lie tied up in port with a third PHM (Probably Taurus (PHM 3). The Coast Guard surface effect ship USCGC Shearwater (WSES 3) is in the background
    Photo by PH2 (AC) Mark S. Kettenhofen
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo DN-SC-90-09333/National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6451967
    Taurus 223k c. April 1993
    Key West, FL
    A port bow view of the patrol combatant missile hydrofoils Taurus (PHM 3), Gemini and USS Aquila (PHM 4)
    Photo by OS2 John Bouvia
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo DN-SC-93-03750/National Museum of the U.S. Navy
    Pegasus Class 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 USS Pegasus (PHM 1), USS Hercules (PHM 2), USS Taurus (PHM 3), USS Aquila (PHM 4), USS Aries (PHM 5) and Gemini
    U.S. Navy photo DN-ST-93-05725 by PH2 Douglas F. Mooney    		 Robert Hurst
    Pegasus 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 USS Pegasus (PHM 1), USS Hercules (PHM-2), USS Taurus (PHM-3), USS Aquila (PHM-4), USS Aries (PHM-5) and Gemini
    U.S. Navy photo DN-SC-93-05730 from National Museum of the U.S. Navy    		 Michael Mohl
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR David R. Carlson, USN13 November 1982 - 1 July 1984
    02LCDR Jeffery Alexander Hutchison, USN1 July 1984 - 3 August 1984
    03CDR Stephen Douglas Sitler, USN3 August 1984 - 26 August 1986
    04LCDR Bernard Joseph "Barry" McCullough, III, USN - USNA Class of 1975
    Awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal - Retired as Vice Admiral    		26 August 1986 - 10 August 1988
    05LCDR Kristopher D. Kirk, USN10 August 1988 - 17 September 1990
    06LCDR David James Aland, USN17 September 1990 - 10 March 1992
    06LCDR Robert M. Walls, USN10 March 1992 - 2 July 1993
    07LCDR John K. Jones, USN2 July 1993 - 30 July 1993
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for Gemini (PHM-6)
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