ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko
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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 | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load |
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 |
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.
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)