USS Taurus (PHM-3)

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Career

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
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 (1190 kW) 1 &times General Electric LM2500 gas turbine (Foilborne) 18,000 shp (13400 kW)
Speed:	12 knots (Hullborne) 48 knots (Foilborne)
Complement:	4 officers 17 enlisted
Armament:	2 × quad rack RGM-84 Harpoon 1 × Mk 75 76 mm 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 of her class of hydrofoils operated by the U.S. 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.

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