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This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2009) For other ships of the same name, see USS Taurus. Career Name: USS Taurus Awarded: 20 October 1977 Builder: Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Seattle, 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 "To the stars" 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-94 Mod.1 fire-control system Armament: 2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon 1 × Mk.75 76 mm OTO Melara, 62 cal. gun 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.[1] See also List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy References ^ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Taurus.djvu Wikisource has original text related to this article: USS Taurus (PHM-3) Wikimedia Commons has media related to: USS Taurus (PHM-3) External links Photo gallery of USS Taurus at NavSource Naval History Navysite.de PHM-3 page Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Rear Admiral James D. Williams, Commander, Naval Base Seattle, delivers his address as the keynote speaker during the commissioning for Taurus on October 10, 1981. A sailor aboard the patrol combatant missile hydrofoil USS Taurus (PHM 3) stands beside an M60 machine gun as he keeps an eye on a small craft that was stopped after being spotted unusually far from shore v • d • e Pegasus-class hydrofoil Pegasus · Hercules · Taurus · Aquila · Aries · Gemini List of ships of the United States Navy This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States armed forces is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v • d • e