Editing Pegasus-class hydrofoil (section)

{{Short description|Class of U.S. Navy patrol boats}}
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|Ship image= [[File:PHM-1.jpg|300px|USS Pegasus]]
|Ship caption={{USS|Pegasus|PHM-1}}
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Pegasus''-class hydrofoil
|Builders=[[Boeing Integrated Defense Systems|Boeing Marine Systems]], [[Boeing Renton Factory|Renton, Washington]]
|Operators={{navy|United States}}
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|Built range=1973&ndash;1982
|In service range=
|In commission range=1977&ndash;1993
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=6
|Total ships cancelled=
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|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=
|Total ships retired=6
|Total ships preserved=1
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|Ship displacement= {{convert|237.2|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
|Ship length= {{convert|133|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam= {{convert|28|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*2 × Mercedes-Benz [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] marine diesels (hullborne), {{convert|1600|bhp|0|abbr=on}}
*1 × [[General Electric LM2500]] gas turbine (Foilborne), {{convert|18000|shp|0|abbr=on}}  
|Ship speed=*{{convert|12|kn|lk=in}} hullborne
*{{convert|48|kn}} foilborne
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|Ship complement= 4 officers, 17 enlisted
|Ship sensors=*LN-66 navigation radar
*MK 94 Mod 1 (PHM-1), MK 92 Mod 1 (PHM 2-6) [[fire-control system]]
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|Ship armament=*8 × [[Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon|Harpoon]] [[Surface-to-surface missile]]
*1 × [[Otobreda 76 mm|Mk 75 76 mm OTO Melara]], 62 cal. gun
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[[File:Six Pegasus class hydrofoils underway.jpg|thumb|All six members of the ''Pegasus'' class of armed hydrofoils]]
[[File:DN-SC-90-09333.jpg|thumb|The patrol combatant missile hydrofoils USS ''Aquila '' (PHM 4), front, and USS ''Gemini'' (PHM 6), center, lie tied up in port with a third PHM. The Coast Guard surface effect ship (SES) cutter USCGC ''Shearwater'' (WSES 3) is in the background.]]

The '''''Pegasus''-class hydrofoils''' were a series of [[Fast Attack Craft|fast attack]] [[patrol boat]]s employed by the [[United States Navy]]. They were in service from 1977 until 1993. These [[hydrofoil]]s carried the designation "PHM" for "Patrol Hydrofoil, Missile." The ''Pegasus''-class vessels were originally intended for NATO operations in the North Sea and Baltic Sea. Subsequently, participation by other NATO navies, including Germany and Italy, ceased and the U.S. Navy proceeded to procure six PHMs, which were highly successful in conducting coastal operations, such as [[narcotic]]s interdiction and coastal patrol, in the Caribbean basin.