USS Wadsworth (FFG-9)
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USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), third ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790–1851). She was the third US Navy ship named Wadsworth. She was the second "short-hull" (Flight I) OHP frigate 445 ft (136 m) long. Commissioned in 1980, she served in the US Navy until 2002. Upon decommissioning she was immediately turned over to the Polish navy, where she now serves as ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko.
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USS Wadsworth (FFG-9) underway, 1983. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Wadsworth |
Namesake | Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth (1790–1851) |
Ordered | 27 February 1976 |
Builder | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 13 July 1977 |
Launched | 29 July 1978 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Patricia P. Roberts, great-great-great-granddaughter of Commodore Alexander S. Wadsworth |
Commissioned | 2 April 1980 |
Decommissioned | 28 June 2002 |
Stricken | 23 July 2002 |
Homeport | San Diego, California (former) |
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Motto | "For One's Country" |
Fate | Transferred to Poland |
Badge | |
ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko | |
Poland | |
Name | Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko |
Namesake | Tadeusz Kościuszko |
Commissioned | 28 June 2002 |
Identification | 273 |
General characteristics | |
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) |
Complement | 15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-2F LAMPS I helicopter |
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