 USS Gemini during exercise UNITAS 85
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| History | |
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| Name | USS Gemini |
| Namesake | Gemini |
| Awarded | 20 October 1977 |
| Builder | Boeing Marine Systems, Renton, Washington |
| Laid down | 13 May 1980 |
| Launched | 17 February 1982 |
| Commissioned | 13 November 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 30 July 1993 |
| Motto | Done Swiftly, Done Well |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 19 August 1996. Later converted into a yacht but was scrapped. |
| 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) |
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| Complement | 4 officers, 17 enlisted |
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USS Gemini (PHM-6) was the final ship of her class of hydrofoils operated by the U.S. Navy. She was named for the constellation.
Pegasus class vessels were designed for high speed and mobility, and carried an armament powerful for its size, consisting of Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a 76 mm cannon.
USS Gemini was converted into a yacht after decommissioning, but was later sold for scrap.[1]
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- ^ "USS Gemini, yacht on Cape Fear, sold for scrap metal". StarNews Online. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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