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Uss Taurus (Phm-3) | colspan="2" align="center" | | | style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;" | Career | style="background:navy;align:right;" | USN Jack | | Yard: | Boeing, Seattle, Washington | | Awarded: | October 20, 1977 | | Laid down: | January 30, 1979 | | Launched: | May 8, 1981 | | Commissioned: | October 10, 1981 | | Decommissioned: | July 30, 1993 | | Fate: | Sold August 19, 1996 | | colspan="2" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;" | General Characteristics | | Displacement: | 255 tons full | | Length: | 40.5 m (133 ft) | | Beam: | 8.5 m (28 ft) | | Propulsion: | 2 × Mercedes-Benz marine diesels (Hullborne), 1,600 bhp
1 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (Foilborne) 18,000 shp | | Speed: | 12 knots (Hullborne)
48 knots (Foilborne) | | Complement: | 4 officers
17 enlisted | | Armament: | 2 × AGM-84 Harpoon
1 × Mk 75 76mm OTO Melara, 62 cal. gun | | Sensors: | LN-66 Navigation Radar
Mk-92 Mod.1 Fire Control System | USS Taurus (PHM-3) was the third ship in a class of hydrofoils operated by the U.S. Navy. Pegasus class vessels were designed for high speed and mobility, and carry a powerful (for their size) armament. See also List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy External links Taurus
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