title: USS Richmond
text: # USS Richmond
  
  Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Richmond for the capital of Virginia.
  
  * USS Richmond (1798) was a brig, launched and purchased for the Navy in 1798. She was sold in 1801.
  * USS Richmond (1860) was wooden steam sloop-of-war, launched in 1860. She served in the American Civil War and later as a receiving ship. She was finally stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1919.
  * USS Richmond (CL-9) was launched in 1921, saw service in World War II and decommissioned in 1945.
  
  See also
  
  * USS Richmond K. Turner (CG-20)
  * CSS Richmond, a Confederate ram.
  