ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko
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| Image:ORP Kosciuszko.jpg ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Ordered | February 27, 1976 |
| Laid down | July 17, 1978 |
| Launched: | March 24, 1979 |
| Commissioned | USN: May 9, 1980 Polish Navy: June 25, 2000 |
| Decommissioned | USN: March 15, 2000 |
| Fate | |
| Current position | |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3650 tons |
| Length | 135.6 m |
| Beam | 13.7 m |
| Draft | 5.7 m |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Complement | 17 officers 198 enlisted |
| Armament | Two double tube Anti-Submarine Torpedo mounts One 76 mm Rapid Fire Dual Purpose Gun One Vulcan Phalanx system one Guided missile launching systems with Standard Surface-to-Air Missiles, Harpoon Surface-to-Surface Missiles ASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite class |
The ORP Kościuszko (Pendant 273), former USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. It is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, an American Revolutionary War hero in the United States and an independence hero in Poland.
ORP Kosciuszko is homeported in Gdynia Oksywie, and has participated in numerous NATO exercises in the Baltic.
