FRIGATE USS CLARK

USS Clark (FFG-11) was the fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates.

The ships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large quant
ities to replace World War II-era destroyers and 1960s-era frigates.
Intended to protect convoys, landing forces, supply and replenishment groups.
The frigate was ordered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, C
lark was laid down on 17 July 1978, launched on 24 March 1979, and commissioned on 9 May 1980. Decommissioned and stricken on 15 March 2000, she was handed over to Poland that same day to become the Polish Navy''s Gen. K. Puaski.