Scale 1:700 Brand Dragon (Kit score 5/10)
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USS Taurus (PHM-3) was the third 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 (for their size) armament. The ship was named for the constellation Taurus.
In November 1972, The United States, Germany and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding to share the cost of the development of a Patrol Missile Hydrofoil. This brought about the building of the Pegasus class . The Taurus was the first production model
Name: USS Taurus
Awarded: 20 October 1977
Builder: Boeing Marine Systems, Renton, Washington
Laid down: 30 January 1979
Launched: 8 May 1981
Commissioned: 10 October 1981
Decommissioned: 30 July 1993
Homeport: Key West, Fl
Motto: Ad Astra (Latin) "To the stars"[1]
Fate: Sold for scrapping, 19 August 1996
General characteristics
Class and type: Pegasus-class hydrofoil
Displacement: 255 long tons (259 t) full
Length: 133 ft (41 m)
Beam: 28 ft (8.5 m)
Propulsion:
2 × Mercedes-Benz marine diesels (hullborne), 1,600 bhp (1,193 kW)
1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (foilborne), 18,000 shp (13,423 kW)
Speed:
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) hullborne
48 knots (89 km/h; 55 mph) foilborne
Complement: 4 officers, 17 enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems:
LN-66 navigation radar
MK 92 Mod 1 fire-control system
Armament:
2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon
1 × Mk.75 76 mm OTO Melara, 62 cal. gun
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