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ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko, formerly USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy.[1] She is named after Tadeusz Kościuszko, an American Revolutionary War hero as well as a hero of Poland's struggle for independence. Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko is homeported in Gdynia Oksywie, and has participated in numerous NATO exercises in the Baltic Sea.
ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko,
Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the Polish Navy | |
History | |
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Poland | |
Name | Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko |
Namesake | Tadeusz Kościuszko |
Ordered | 27 February 1976 |
Laid down | 13 July 1977 |
Launched | 29 July 1978 |
Commissioned | 25 June 2002 |
Identification |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 3650 |
Length | 135.6 m (444 ft 11 in) |
Beam | 13.7 m (44 ft 11 in) |
Draught | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement | 17 officers, 198 enlisted |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | ASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite class |
See also edit
Citations edit
- ^ Saunders, p. 558
Bibliography edit
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2004). Jane's Fighting Ships 2004–2005. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-2623-1.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to ORP Gen. T. Kościuszko (ship, 1979).
- NavySite.de
- Polish Navy official site about Perry class (in English)