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Guided missile frigate USS Clark (FFG-11)

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Classification

Ship class:
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark
Renaming:
  • ORP Gen. K. Pułaski (272) (25.06.2000-present)
Operator:
Polish NavyPolish Navy United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Bath Iron Works (BIW)Bath Iron Works (BIW)
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to Poland, 2000

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,200 t
Length:
136 m
Beam:
14 m
Draft:
6.7 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller
  • 2 * Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking
Speed:
29 knots
Range:
5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
215

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
  • AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
  • CAS and STIR fire-control radar
  • AN/SQS-56 sonar
  • AN/SLQ-32
Armament:
  • 2 * double tube anti-submarine torpedo mounts
  • 1 * 76 mm (3.0 in) Rapid Fire Dual Purpose Gun
  • 1 * Vulcan Phalanx system
  • 1 * Guided missile launching system with Standard surface-to-air missiles
  • Boeing Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles
Aircraft:
  • 1 * ASW Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter

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. She was the frigate short-hull variant (Flight I). 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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