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}} | The second USS Clark (FFG-11), fifth ship of the {{sclass-|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} of guided-missile frigates, was named for Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark (1893–1971). HistoryOrdered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, Clark was laid down on 17 July 1978, launched on 24 March 1979, and commissioned on 9 May 1980. The Ship sponsor was Mrs. Olga Clark, the widow of Admiral Clark. In July 1982, Clark recovered three sailors that were washed overboard from the aircraft carrier {{USS|John F. Kennedy|CV-67|2}} in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain.[2] A fourth sailor was not recovered and was lost at sea.[3] In December 1992, Clark was nearby when the crew of an F-14 was forced to eject during training operations off the coast of Virginia. Clark{{'}}s helicopter rescued the radar intercept officer and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the pilot.[4] In April 1994, Clark changed homeports from Newport, Rhode Island, to Norfolk, Virginia.[5] The ship had previously been homeported in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from the mid-1980s to 1992 and Mayport, Florida before that. Decommissioned and stricken on 15 March 2000, she was handed over to Poland that same day to become the Polish Navy's {{ORP| Generał Kazimierz Pułaski}}, after Kazimierz Pułaski, a Pole who was appointed the rank of Brigadier General in the Continental Army cavalry and fought in the American Revolutionary War. A reunion of USS Clark FFG-11 sailors has occurred annually on the first Saturday of August in Wilmington, Delaware since 2002. Shipmates from all years are invited to attend. Checkout the USS Clark FFG-11 Facebook page for more information. AwardsClark and her crew received the following unit awards, according to the US Navy unit awards website:[6]- Humanitarian Service Medal for the evacuation of Lebanon, 23 to 25 June 1982
- Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Lebanon from 11 December 1983 to 21 January 1984
- US Coast Guard Unit Commendation, 31 October 1984 to 31 December 1984
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, 1 February 1984 to 21 April 1984
- US Coast Guard Special Operations Service Ribbon, 3 awards, for April to June 1989, July to September 1989 and 19 January 1990 to 24 February 1990.
- Navy E Ribbon, 2 awards, for the years of 1992 and 1995
- Joint Meritorious Unit Award for the year of 1997.
Clark was also nominated for the United States Public Health Service Outstanding Unit Citation for operations from 24 June 1994 to 12 July 1994, but did not receive the award. The ship was reported near Haiti in mid July 1994[7] around the time many refugees were fleeing Haiti in small boats.[8]References{{NVR|{{NVR url|id=FFG11}}}}1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.navysite.de/ffg/FFG11.HTM | title=USS Clark (FFG 11) | publisher=navysite.de | accessdate=April 10, 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news |author= Associated Press |title= Sailor Missing from Carrier |location= Harrisonburg, Virginia |newspaper= Daily News Record |date= 1982-07-07}}
3. ^{{cite news |title= Man Overboard: Sailor Recalls Ordeal |newspaper= The Winchester Star |location= Winchester, Virginia |date= 1982-07-15 }}
4. ^{{cite news |url= http://articles.dailypress.com/1992-12-16/news/9212160055_1_navy-helicopter-oceana-naval-air-station-aviators |title= Navy Jet Crashes Into Ocean |newspaper= Daily Press |location= Hampton Roads, Virginia |date= 1992-12-16 }}
5. ^{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Underway for Good |newspaper= Pacific Stars And Stripes |date= 1994-04-18}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=https://awards.navy.mil |title=Unit Awards |website=US Navy |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041014224730/https://awards.navy.mil/ |archivedate=14 October 2004 |df=dmy-all }}
7. ^{{cite news |author= Associated Press |title=Haitian Crisis Deepens |newspaper= European Stars And Stripes. |date= 1994-07-16}}
8. ^{{cite news |author= Associated Press |title= Haitians to go to Guantanamo |newspaper= Syracuse Herald-Journal |location= Syracuse, New York |date= June 29, 1994}}
External links{{commons category|USS Clark (FFG-11) (ship, 1979)}}- Navsource.org - USS Clark (FFG-11)
- MaritimeQuest USS Clark FFG-11 pages
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