ORP Gen. K. Pułaski
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ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski is one of two Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigates of the Polish Navy. Formerly serving in the United States Navy as the USS Clark (FFG-11), after her transfer to Poland she was named for Kazimierz Pułaski, who fought in both the War of the Bar Confederation in Poland and later the American Revolutionary War. As the USS Clark, she was the US Navy's fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class, and was named for Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark (1893–1971). The ship is propelled by two General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines and two 350 horsepower (261 kW) electric drive auxiliary propulsion units. The Gen K. Pułaski is currently homeported at Gdynia (Oksywie).
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ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski moored in Gdynia | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Clark |
Namesake | Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark (1893–1971) |
Ordered | 27 February 1976 |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | 17 July 1978 |
Launched | 24 March 1979 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Olga Clark, widow of Admiral Clark |
Commissioned | 9 May 1980 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 2000 |
Stricken | 15 March 2000 |
Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia (former) |
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Motto | "Determined Warrior" |
Fate | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP) Sold to Polish Navy |
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Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 LAMPS III helicopter |
Poland | |
Name | ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski |
Namesake | Casimir Pulaski |
Acquired | 15 March 2000 |
Commissioned | 25 June 2000 |
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Status | Active |
Complement | 17 officers and 198 enlisted |
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Aircraft carried | ASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter |
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Class and type | Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate |
Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load |
Length | 445 feet (136 m), overall |
Beam | 45 feet (14 m) |
Draft | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
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Speed | over 29 knots (54 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h) |
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