Boeing has designed and built several hydrofoil craft for both military and civilian use.

Passenger hydrofoil

  • Boeing 929 - A passenger-carrying water jet-propelled hydrofoil.

Military hydrofoils

PCH (Submarine Chaser Hydrofoil)

  • USS High Point (PCH-1)

PGH (Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil)

  • USS Tucumcari (PGH-2) (built by Boeing; predecessor to Boeing's commercial JetFoils)

PHM (Patrol Hydrofoil Missile)

  • Pegasus class hydrofoils
    • USS Pegasus (PHM-1), formerly Delphinus
    • USS Hercules (PHM-2)
    • USS Taurus (PHM-3)
    • USS Aquila (PHM-4)
    • USS Aries (PHM-5)
    • USS Gemini (PHM-6)

See also

  • USS Plainview (AGEH-1)

References


Foil Magazine, supfoil, kitefoil, surffoil, windfoil, hydrofoil Images

Boeing hydrofoils issues with active hydrofoil physics Documented

Astonishing Facts About The U.S. Navy's Fastest Ship Boeing Pegasus

Dark Roasted Blend The History of Hydrofoils

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