ORP Kaszub (1987)

For other ships with the same name, see ORP Kaszub.


History

Poland
Name:	ORP Kaszub
Builder:	Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk
Laid down:	9 June 1984
Launched:	11 May 1986
Commissioned:	15 March 1987
General characteristics ^[1]
Displacement:	1,051 long tons (1,068 t) standard 1,183 long tons (1,202 t) full load
Length:	82.34 m (270 ft 2 in)^[2]
Beam:	10 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
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:	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:	1× AK-176 76 mm gun 6× ZU-23-2M Wrobel 23 mm cannon (3× twin mounts) 2× 9K32M Strela 2M surface-to-air missiles 4× 533mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2× twin tubes) for SET-53M torpedoes 2× RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers

Kaszub

Kaszub - view from astern

Kaszub firing an RBU-6000 rocket

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, 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 a AK-176 76 mm (3.0 in) gun turret forward^[2]

References

1 2 3 Saunders 2002, p. 540.
1 2 3 Baker 1998, pp. 604–605.
↑ Data from official Polish Navy website
↑ The Military Balance 2008,International Institute for Strategic Studies.
1 2 Gardiner and Chumbley 1995, p. 312.

Baker, A.D. (1998). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998–1999. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-111-4.
Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
Saunders, Stephen (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0710624328.

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