USS Wadsworth FFG 9 / Commodore Alexander
Scammel Wadsworth / Oliver Hazard Perry class Guided Missile Frigate
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Naval Forces Technology,
History & Information
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Guided Missile Frigate
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FFG 9 -
USS Wadsworth
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USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)
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US Navy photo
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Type,
Class:
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Guided Missile Frigate; Oliver Hazard Perry – class
(short hull);
planned and ordered as PF
111; reclassified and built as FFG 9; |
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Builder:
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Todd Pacific Shipyard, San
Pedro, California, USA |
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STATUS:
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Awarded: February 27, 1976; Laid down: July 13, 1977; Launched: July 29, 1978; Commissioned:
February 28, 1980; Decommissioned: June 28, 2002; Fate: stricken July 23, 2002; transferred to
Poland as Grant Aid on June 28, 2002; renamed ORP
General Thadeuz Kosciusko (F 273); in service in Polish Navy; |
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Homeport:
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Namesake:
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Named after and in honor of Commodore Alexander Scammel
Wadsworth (1790 – 1851); > see history, below; |
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Ship's
Motto:
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> FOR ONE'S COUNTRY < |
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Technical Data:
(Measures, Propulsion, Armament,
Aviation, etc.)
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see: INFO > Guided
Missile Frigate / Oliver Hazard Perry - class. |
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Pictures,
photos & more ...
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Alexander
Scammel Wadsworth |
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Photo credits: US Navy, US Naval
Historical Center |
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Namesake
& History: |
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Commodore
Alexander Scammel Wadsworth (1790 – April 5, 1851); |
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Alexander
Scammel Wadsworth was born in 1790 at Portland, Maine. He was
appointed a midshipman on 2 April 1804 and was promoted to lieutenant on 21 April
1810. Lt. Wadsworth was the first lieutenant on board Constitution during that famous frigate's
successful engagement
with Guerriere in the War of 1812. For this action, he received a silver
medal and was included in the vote of thanks received by the commanding
officer, Isaac Hull,
and his officers. Wadsworth later served as first lieutenant
of the corvette Adams during that
ship's cruise in 1814 when she
captured 10 prizes. Promoted
to master-commandant on 27 April 1816 for his services during the war,
Wadsworth commanded the brig Prometheus in the Mediterranean Squadron after the Algerian War in 1816 and
1817 and later commanded
the sloop John Adams. Under Wadsworth, John Adams conducted cruises in the West Indies
in 1818 and 1819, and 1821 and 1822 for the suppression of piracy. Promoted
to captain on 3 March 1825, he commanded frigate Constellation in
the Mediterranean Squadron from 1829 to 1832. Wadsworth was commodore commanding the Pacific Squadron
from 1834 to 1836, a member of the Board of Navy Commissioners from 1837 to 1840, and Inspector of
Ordnance from 1841 to 1850. Commodore Wadsworth died at Washington, D.C., on 5 April 1851 |
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USS Wadsworth
(FFG 9): |
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... FFG 9 history
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