"USS Pegasus PHM-1" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2020 9:04 p.m. PST |
"The Pegasus hydrofoil program grew out of a NATO requirement for light attack craft to slow down/defeat USSR/Warsaw Pact forces in various bottleneck areas such as the Med, Baltic and North Atlantic. CNO Elmo Zumwalt felt that the Pegasus hydrofoil design would be part of his High/Low force mix which helped expand the Navy and supposed to enable destroyers and frigates to be pulled from low priority missions to high priority ones like convoy duty. Other NATO navies such as Germany, Italy and Canada were also joined in the program. Originally, the class was called the Delphinus Class but changed it when someone pointed out that the class would be potentially nicknamed Dull-Penis…"
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 21 Dec 2020 10:25 p.m. PST |
One of the few naval vessels I have been onboard.  Alas, not when she was underway! |
| Ghostrunner | 25 Dec 2020 12:12 a.m. PST |
These ships arguably had the highest firepower to displacement ratio of any ship in the 1980s US Navy.
(If you only factor in conventional weapons) |
| Tango01 | 25 Dec 2020 12:43 p.m. PST |
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