273 General Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Country: Poland

Class, [Type]: O. H. Perry, [FFG].

Builder: Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 29th July 1978.

Commission date: 25th October 2002.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.769 tons light, 3.658 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 135,64 x 13,7 x 4,5

Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 41.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 4.200 at 20 knots, 5.000 at 18 knots.

Complement: 214 ( 16 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.

Missiles:  SAM/SSM: 1 x Mk 13 Mod. 4 launcher ( 4 x Harpoon and 36 x Standard SM-1 MR Block VIB missiles ).

Torpedoes: 2 x triple 324mm Mk 32 Mod. 7 ( 6 x A-244 Mod. 3 torpedoes ).

Radar: Air: Raytheon SPS 49(V)4, C/D bands and 457km ( 250 mn ) range; Surface: ISC Cardion SPS 55, I band; Fire Control: Lockheed STIR ( SPG 60 modified ), Sperry Mk 92 Mod. 4 ( Signaal WM 28 ).

Sonar: Raytheon SQS 56, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36; SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; EW: 1 x Raytheon SLQ-32(V)2 ( intercept ).

Helicopter: 1 x SH-2G Super SeaSprite ( A-244Z and/or MU-90 Impact torpedoes ).

Callsign: SNWS ()

Comment: Ex - USS Wadsworth, FFG9. Transferred on 26th June 2002.

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