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USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), third ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates, was named for Commodore Alexander Scammel Wadsworth (1790-1851). Ordered from Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, CA on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY75 program, Wadsworth was laid down on 13 July 1977, launched on 29 July 1978, and commissioned on 2 April 1980. Decommissioned on 28 June 2002, Wadsworth was handed over to Poland the same day and commissioned as that nation's ORP Naczelnik Tadeusz Kosciuszko, after a Polish soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War. She was formally stricken on 23 July 2002.

See USS WadsworthThree ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Wadsworth The first Wadsworth (DD-60) was an O'Brien class destroyer launched in 1915. The second Wadsworth (DD-516) was a Fletcher class destroyer lauched in 1943, transferred to West Germany and for other ships of this name.

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