ORP Kaszub (1987)

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ORP Kaszub in Gdynia on 26 May 2018
History
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NameORP Kaszub
Builder Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk
Laid down9 June 1984
Launched11 May 1986
Commissioned15 March 1987
Identification
StatusIn active service
General characteristics [1]
Displacement
  • 1,051 long tons (1,068 t) standard
  • 1,183 long tons (1,202 t) full load
Length82.34 m (270 ft 2 in) [2]
Beam10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught
  • 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in) (hull)
  • 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in) (sonar dome)
Installed power
  • 4× Cegieski-Sulzer AS 16V 25/30 diesels
  • 12.42 MW (16,660 shp) total
PropulsionCODAD, 2 shafts
Speed27 kn (31 mph; 50 km/h)
Range3,500 mi (3,000 nmi; 5,600 km) at 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement67
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar:
  • MR 302 Air/surface search (NATO Strut Curve)
  • Nogat SRN 7453 surface search
  • SRN 441XT Navigation radar
  • Sonar:
  • MG 322T hull mounted medium frequency active search
  • MG 392M high-frequency dipping sonar
Armament

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]

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Construction and career

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.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Saunders 2002, p. 540.
  2. 1 2 3 Baker 1998, pp. 604–605.
  3. ↑ "Data from official Polish Navy website". Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  4. ↑ The Military Balance 2008,International Institute for Strategic Studies. Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 312.

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