One 40 mm gun, four .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns, one 81 mm mortar
USS Tucumcari traveling at high speed. Date unknown.
The 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 bow and foils on the port and starboard sides. The Tucumcari was one of two prototype boats contracted by the Navy under project SCB 252[1] for the purpose of evaluating the latest hydrofoil technology. The second boat was the rival Grumman-built USS Flagstaff (PGH-1).
The USSTucumcari (PGH-2) was a Boeing-built hydrofoil. Named after Tucumcari, New Mexico, it was the basis for the technology used in the subsequent...
United States Navy Pegasus-class hydrofoil Boeing hydrofoils USS Flagstaff (PGH-1) USSTucumcari (PGH-2) HMCS Bras d'Or (FHE 400) This article incorporates...
hydrofoil. USS High Point (PCH-1) USSTucumcari (PGH-2) (built by Boeing; predecessor to Boeing's commercial JetFoils) Pegasus class hydrofoils USS Pegasus (PHM-1)...
the 1960s. The screw-driven USS High Point (PCH-1) was an experimental submarine hunter. The patrol hydrofoil USSTucumcari (PGH-2) was more successful...
Vehicle hovercraft in Vietnam. USS High Point (PCH-1) (Boeing) USS Flagstaff (PGH-1) (Grumman experimental class) USSTucumcari (PGH-2) (Boeing, JetFoil predecessor)...
operational evaluation period, she was deployed to South Vietnam with Tucumcari.[citation needed] The two ships formed Coastal Squadron 3, and were based...
USS Wood County (LST-1178) was a De Soto County-class tank landing ship built for the United States Navy during the late 1950s. Named after counties in...
– I prefer the latter." Early July 7, the frigate USS Savannah and the two sloops, USS Cyane and USS Levant of the United States Navy, captured Monterey...
the independence of Cuba from the Spanish Empire, and the sinking of the USS Maine, led to the Spanish–American War in 1898, in which the United States...
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Clinton. In 2003, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The USS Sacagawea is one of several United States ships named in her honor. Every...
vendetta during which four outlaw Cowboys were killed. Tipton served aboard the USS Malvern during the American Civil War and drifted west afterward. He showed...
National Cemetery. Joseph Wertheim emigrated from Brakel, Germany to Tucumcari, New Mexico, with the financial assistance of his cousin Jacob in 1906...
the Liberty ship SS Meriwether Lewis, the Polaris armed nuclear submarine USS Lewis and Clark and the supply ship USNS Lewis and Clark. Lewis & Clark College...
in Portland, Oregon, in 1942, SS Chief Washakie, was named in his honor. USS Washakie, a U.S. Navy harbor tug in service from 1944 to 1946 and from 1953...
Piper PA-23E-250 suffers the failure of an engine after takeoff from Tucumcari, New Mexico. While attempting an emergency landing after returning to...
Vessels have been named in honor of Clark; the Polaris nuclear submarine USS Lewis and Clark and the supply ship USNS Lewis and Clark were named for him...
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