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PHM-3 Taurus


Pegasus PHM-1 Class Patrol Combatant-Missile (Hydrofoil): Laid down, 30 January 1979 at Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Wash; Launched, 8 May 1981; Commissioned USS Taurus (PHM-3), 10 October 1981; Decommissioned, 30 July 1993; Struck from the Naval Register, 30 July 1993; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 8 February 1996 by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.

Specifications: Displacement 178 t.(lt) , 248 t.(fl).; Length 133'; Beam 29'; Speed 51kts; Complement, five officers, 19 enlisted; Armament, one 76 mm gun mount, eight Harpoon missiles: Propulsion, geared turbine.
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Hercules/Taurus 205k Hercules (PHM 2) and Taurus "flying" on their foils. US Navy photo R. L. Wilbur

There is no DANFS history available for Taurus (PHM-3) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Patrol Craft Sailors Association
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