USS ARIES (PHM-5) - KLR 705

Class: Pegasus Guided Missile Hydrofoil Gunboat
Launched: November 5, 1981
At: Boeing Marine Systems, Seattle, Washington
Commissioned: September 18, 1982

Length: 133 feet
Beam: 28 feet
Draft: 6 feet
Displacement: 214 tons

USS Aries was home-ported in Key West for most of her 11 years of service. She conducted law enforcement operations against smugglers in cooperation with the Coast Guard in the Gulf of Mexico and the east coast of Central America. She took part in various fleet exercises including the "Ocean Venture" and "Solid Shield" series. She also participated in a number of UNITAS exercises with Central and South American Navies. She and the other five ships of the class were decommissioned in 1993 with the downsizing of the U.S. Navy fleet.

Aries is now located on the Grand River Waterfront in Brunswick, Missouri.

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[Scioneer]

I thought all the Pegasus Class boats were scrapped. They need to restore her and put her in a museum.

[yurkia360]

@Scioneer nope, not this one. they have some issues with the diesel turbine. check out the website if you haven't already.

[Mahanagaraja]

I wish they had given these over to the coasties. They would make wonderful drug inderdiction ships.

[yurkia360]

@Mahanagaraja The preservation society for this ship is trying to raise money for repairs so that it can be turned into a museum in Key West if I remember correctly.

[chewie211171]

It's a pity that the US Navy decided to decommission these great vessels. Talk about a bad decision.

[yurkia360]

@chewie211171 yeah, its a pretty impressive machine from just seeing it from the shore. would be cool to get a tour of it.

[JetMechMA]

probably used for drug running now days.

[Mahanagaraja]

And the Navy replaced these with the under-armed, under-powered and under-crewed LCS's. What a waste.

[makikiblonde]

Thank you for posting. I thought she was razor blades. I was her XO in the late 1980s...Had the best crew in the squadron! (IMHO) They were great ships, but the Navy never figured our how to use their unique capabilities.

[historylover54]

@navythomas8 scratch that I just saw that they plan to make her a museum ship.

[historylover54]

@navythomas8 its too late, she's been scrapped. Breaks ur heart to see a ship like that end up where it is.

[UNKLDAVE]

take it home son!