ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko
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 ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko,
Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate of the Polish Navy | |
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| Name | ORP 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | ASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite class |
ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko, the former USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates in the Polish Navy. She is named for Tadeusz Kościuszko, an American Revolutionary War hero and 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.
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