USS Tucumcari
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USS Tucumcari was a Boeing-built hydrofoil. Named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, it was the basis for the technology used in the subsequent Pegasus-class patrol boats and the Jetfoil ferries. Its unique
USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) at sea
USS Tucumcari traveling at high speed
USS Wood County (LST-1178) moored pier side at Copenhagen, Denmark, date unknown. Note the USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) secured to her deck.
Official United States Navy photograph of the grounding of the USS Tucumcari 11-16-1972. Front/port view.
Pegasus-class hydrofoil
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The Pegasus-class hydrofoil was a series of six Patrol Hydrofoil Missile vessels operated by the United States Navy from 1977 to 1993. Initially intended to counter Warsaw Pact missile boats such as t
USS Tucumcari
…USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) was a Boeing-built hydrofoil. Named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, it was the basis for the technology used in the subsequent Pegasus-class patrol boats and the Jetfoil ferries. Its unique feature was a waterjet propulsion and a computer-controlled fully submerged foil configuration of one foil at the…
USS Pegasus (PHM-1)
All six members of the Pegasus class of armed hydrofoils
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.