Three ships in the
United States Navy have been named USS ''Richmond'' for the
capital
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of
Virginia.
* was a
brig
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, launched and purchased for the Navy in 1798. She was sold in 1801.
* was wooden steam
sloop-of-war
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, launched in 1860. She served in the
American Civil War and later as a
receiving ship
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. She was finally stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register in 1919.
* was launched in 1921, saw service in
World War II and decommissioned in 1945.
See also
*
* , a
Confederate
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ram.
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