ORP Kaszub in Gdynia on 26 May 2018
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Name | ORP Kaszub |
Builder | Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk |
Laid down | 9 June 1984 |
Launched | 11 May 1986 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1987 |
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Status | In active service |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement |
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Length | 82.34 m (270 ft 2 in) [2] |
Beam | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
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Installed power |
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Propulsion | CODAD, 2 shafts |
Speed | 27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 mi (3,000 nmi; 5,600 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
Complement | 67 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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ORP Kaszub is a corvette of the Polish Navy, in service since 1987, [3] the sole ship of the Project 620 class. She was the first ocean-going warship built in Poland. As of 2012 she is in active service. [4]
The work on her design began in 1971,[ citation needed] but the construction of the first ship started only in 1984, being laid down at Stocznia Północna (Northern Shipyard), Gdańsk on 9 June 1984. Kaszub was launched on 11 May 1986, [1] but was found to have a warped hull and propeller shafts, which required repair. [2] When the ship was commissioned on 15 March 1987, [1] Kaszub was not fitted with much of the planned armament, with a 9K33 Osa (NATO codename SA-N-4 Gecko) surface-to-air missile launcher being omitted because of its unreliability on small, high speed ships, while the ship's main gun armament was absent because of stability problems. [5] Originally it was planned to build 7 ships of this class, but in the end only one was constructed. [5]
At first, Kaszub saw little operational use, being loaned to the Polish Border guard from 1990 to January 1991. In September 1991, the ship was fitted with an AK-176 76 mm (3.0 in) gun turret forward. [2]
In October 2016 AM-35 Tryton, turret system with single 35mm Oerlikon gun was mounted, tested and officially certified 19 December 2018.
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