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USS Richmond (II)

1913 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Rush - Jig NRJ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal - World War I Victory Medal

Hartford-class Steam Sloop-of-War:

Laid down, date unknown, at Norfolk Navy Yard as a wooden steam sloop of war

Launched, 26 January 1860

Commissioned USS Richmond in 1860, CAPT. D. N. Ingraham in command

Richmond sailed for the Mediterranean, 13 October 1860, returning to New York, 2 July 1861

She next sailed, 31 July 1861, for Kingston, Jamaica in search of CSS Sumter

Richmond joined the Gulf Blockading Squadron in September 1861

Ordered to New York for repairs departing that port, 13 February 1862, bound for the West Gulf Blockading Squadron off Ship Island

Ordered North for overhaul at New York after the battles of New Orleans and Vicksburg, USS Richmond departed New York, 12 October 1863, returning to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron to take part in Farragut's the assault against Mobile Bay.

Richmond was decommissioned, 14 July 1866, at Boston Navy Yard where she was fitted out with a new set of engines

Recommissioned, 11 January 1869, Richmond departed for European waters

Richmond returned to Philadelphia and was decommissioned, 8 November 1871

Recommissioned, 18 November 1872, for service with the West Indies Squadron

Ordered to the Pacific in May 1873 she arrived on station to serve as flagship in 1874 and 1875

Decommissioned, 18 September 1877, at Boston Navy Yard for repairs

Richmond's next assignment was flagship of the Asiatic Fleet in 1879

Decommissioned, 22 August 1884, at New York for repairs

Recommissioned, 20 January 1887, for duty on the North Atlantic Station

Reassigned to the South Atlantic Station in January 1889 as squadron flagship

In 1890 Richmond began service as a training ship at Newport, R.I.

In 1893 she served as Receiving ship at Philadelphia until 1900

In 1903 Richmond was assigned to duty as an auxiliary to the Receiving ship Franklin at Norfolk until the end of World War I

Struck from the Naval Register, 31 June 1919

Sold to Joseph Hyman & Sons, Philadelphia, PA., 23 July 1919, for scrapping

Final Disposition, burned Eastport, Maine in 1920

Specifications:
Displacement 2,604 t.
Length 225'
Beam 42' 6"
Draft 17' 4½" (mean)
Speed 9.5 kts
Complement 269

Armament
As Built
fourteen 9" smoothbores
February 1862
one 80-pdr muzzle loading riffle
twenty 9" smoothbores
one 30-pdr muzzle loading rifle
June 1863
one 100-pdr muzzle loading rifle
one 30-pdr muzzle loading rifle
twenty 9" smoothbores
two 12-pdr smoothbores
one 24-pdr howitzer
June 1864
one 100-pdr muzzle loading rifle
one 30-pdr muzzle loading rifle
eighteen 9" smoothbores
1886
twelve 9" smoothbores
one 8" muzzle loading rifle
one 60-pdr breach loading rifle
two 20-pdr breach loading rifles

Propulsion

two direct acting engines (58" x 3'): IHP 1,078 = 9.5kts

two boilers

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098605524	199k	Black and white photo of an oil painting by De Simone of USS Richmond at anchor, probably off Naples, in 1861, with a British Navy Ship-of-the-line at left. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # KN-715, Collection of Vice Admiral Morton L. Deyo, USN (Ret), 1959. Note Mrs. Deyo donated this painting to the Navy Department in 1963. National Archives Curator Accession #: 63-353-A..	Robert Hurst
	471k	Lithograph depicting the engagement of CSS Manassas and USS Richmond, 12 October 1861. *Richmond* was rammed and seriously damaged. *Manassas* was also damaged, mainly by the force of her own ramming effort but was repaired. Engraving from Le Monde Illustre, 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. National Museum of the U.S. Navy	Robert Hurst
	158k	"The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862" Colored lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, 1862. The original print bears the following descriptive text: "Destruction of the Rebel gunboats, rams and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut. The attack was commenced on the 18th of April and continued until the 25th resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson, St. Phillip, Livingston, Pike and the city of New Orleans, as well as the destruction of all the enemy gunboats, rams, floating batteries (iron clad), fire rafts, booms and chains. The enemy with their own hands destroying cotton and shipping valued at from eight to ten millions of dollars. 'The sight of this night attack was awfully grand, the river was lit up with blazing rafts filled with pine knots and the ships seemed to be fighting literally amidst flames and smoke.'" In this view, ships are identified as (starting at top left center, up the river, running down to the right, then across toward the left): Confederate steamers; USS Cayuga (leading the Union column), USS Pensacola, burning confederate steamer, USS Varuna, USS Oneida, USS Mississippi (engaging the ram CSS Manassas), USS Richmond, USS Kineo, USS Hartford (flagship, in collision with a fire raft), USS Brooklyn and USS Winona. A Confederate fire raft is in the lower right. Fort St. Phillip is shown at right and Fort Jackson at left. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.	Tommy Trampp
098605530	298k	USS Richmond crew was assembled the morning after that terrible night of fighting past Forts Jackson and St. Philip. *Richmond. was the third vessel in line in the center division led by Farragut himself. Only two of her crew were killed and four injured, for CDR. Alden laid carefully prepared a splinter netting which caught the death-dealing pieces of plank and scantling, and prevented them from sweeping the gundeck. Early in October,1861, Richmond, under CAPT. John Pope, led the blockading vessels up the delta of the Mississippi to the Head of the Passes, where the stream broadens into a deep bay two miles wide, giving ample room for maneuvers "The photographic history of the Civil War: thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities"*. By Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-. Pub. Review of Reviews Co. New York : 1 January 1911.	Robert Hurst
	272k	USS Richmond at anchor in Baton Rouge, LA. in 1863. Library of Congress, Photo No. Lot 14043-2 No. 43	Mike Green
098605506	243k	Robert Weir who chronicled with pen and ink life on board USS Richmond, sent many of his sketches to Harper's Weekly where they were refined and published. A reversed rendering of his sketch (left) of the sloop off Mobile Bay appeared in the newspaper seen here as a woodcut engraving titled "The United States Sloop of War [USS] Richmond on Blockade Duty off Mobile.", published in "Harper's Weekly" February, 1864.	Tommy Trampp
	163k	Sketch of the USS Richmond 100 pounder Parrott gun crew serving the gun. Originally appeared on the cover of "Harper's Weekly" 18 July 1863. Sketched by an unknown naval officer.	Tommy Trampp
	45k	USS Richmond 100 pounder Parrott gun causes havoc on deck after breaking loose during a storm in 1864. "THE PET PARROTT OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER “RICHMOND” IN A STORM" May 14, 1864 Harper’s Weekly	Tommy Trampp
	136k	USS Lackawanna and USS Richmond stripped for action, at Pensacola, Florida, on 3 August 1864, just prior to the Battle of Mobile Bay. . US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 51184.	USNH&CC
	230k	Line engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 17 September 1864. Entitled "Admiral Farragut's Fleet Bombarding Fort Morgan, August 22, 1864", it depicts from left to right); USS Lackawanna, USS Manhattan, USS Octorara, USS Brooklyn, USS Winnebago and USS Richmond. Fort Morgan is shown in the right center distance, and a battery is at the far left US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59150.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	156k	Flag Officer Farragut ship's passing Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Drawing from the book "Under Both Flags" Veteran Publishing Co., © 1896. From left to right: USS Manhattan USS Tecumseh USS Brooklyn USS Octorara USS Hartford USS Metacomet USS Richmond USS Port Royal USS Lackawanna USS Seminole USS Monongahela and USS Kennebec	Tommy Trampp
098605519	183k	A Robert Fulton Weir stetch of USS Richmond engaging CSS Tennessee during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA.	Tommy Trampp
	240k	Image of USS Richmond at Navy Yard Philadelphia, PA., (1872). Illustration from “Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion” Series 1, Volume 18.	Bill Gonyo
098605523	221k	USS Richmond at anchor off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. date unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63460	Mike Green
	231k	USS Richmond at Port Said. after departing Norfolk 11 January 1879 while enroute to Yokohama via the Suez Canal. Photo by H. Arnoux. Photo from the collection of the late Antoni Blasi, with permission to publish them, by Camil Busquets.This photo, and several hundred more, can be found in Camil Basquets book "50 Años de Retrato Naval Militar (1870-1920)", ("50 Years of Naval Photography,") published in 2010.	Col·lecció Antoni Blasi, via Camil Busquets and Fabio Peña
	139k	USS Richmond moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. Photo from "Warships of The Civil War Navies" by Paul H. Silverstone	Robert Hurst
	80k	Andrew Boyd Cummings joined the steam sloop USS Richmond during her 1860-1861 Mediterranean deployment. After *Richmond* returned to the United States in mid-1861 she, with Cummings as her First Lieutenant and Executive Officer, undertook active service against the Confederacy in the Gulf of Mexico, most notably the April 1862 capture of New Orleans and subsequent operations up the Mississippi River. Specifically commended for his performance, he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July 1862. Andrew Boyd Cummings was gravely wounded during *Richmond*'s 14 March 1863 attempt to pass the batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi and died four days later.	Bill Gonyo
	140k	"The Battle at the Southwest Pass -- The Ram 'Manassas' attacking the 'Richmond.' -- Sketched by an Officer of the 'Richmond'." A line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, depicting CSS Manassas attacking USS Richmond near the Head of Passes, Mississippi River, on 12 October 1861. Other ships depicted include the U.S. sailing sloops of war USS Vincennes and USS Preble (in left center and at right). US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59012.	Robert Hurst
	316k	Charles E. Emery who was a engineering officer in USS Richmond during the Civil War.	Charlie Glendinning for his Great-Grandfather Charles E. Emery
	635k	USS Richmond officers during the Civil War.	Charlie Glendinning for his Great-Grandfather Charles E. Emery
	121k	USS Richmond gun deck, circa 1890-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14697v Detroit Photographic Co. Collection
	182k	USS Richmond sailors on deck, circa 1890-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14698v Detroit Photographic Co. Collection
	152k	USS Richmond church services, circa 1890-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14699v Detroit Photographic Co. Collection
	197k	USS Richmond , circa 1890-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14700v Detroit Photographic Co. Collection
	252k	USS Richmond polishing brass work, circa 1890-1901	Library of Congress photo # 4a14701v Detroit Photographic Co. Collection
098605525	128k	USS Richmond at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 69794	Robert Hurst
098605526	163k	USS Richmond at anchor, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 43579.	Robert Hurst
098601211	66k	The masting shear crane is shown at the North end of Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA. A Civil War era monitor style ship is tied up along the river berth, alongside the 1840 stone launching slip. In the background are the Receiving Ships USS Richmond and USS Franklin, across the river at the Saint Helena Annex, the US Navy training ground. Virginia shell series postcard #4, produced by the S. Langsdorf & CO. of New York. These cards were embossed and printed (lithographed) in Germany before World War I.	Brian Baird
098601212	512k	The North end of Norfolk Navy Yard is in foreground; the US Navy Training Ground at Saint Helena, Berkley, Norfolk, VA, is across the Elizabeth River on right. Submarines and torpedo boats are berthed at its angled piers. Moored in the river are the receiving ships USS Franklin and USS Richmond, used to house sailors that were being trained at Saint Helenas. Two white hull pre-WWI battleships are berthed along the quay wall of the Navy Yard, one at Berth 1 (left) adjacent to the masting shear crane and the other at Berth 7 (right). In the center of the photo is Wetslip# 1, with four-stack cruiser (unidentified) at Berth 3. Undated circa 1908.	Brian Baird
098601213	115k	Panoramic photograph (cropped) looking north to the US Navy's Saint Helena Training Station in the Berkley section of Norfolk, VA.. On the left, across the Elizabeth River, is the Norfolk Navy Yard. The ships shown in the middle of photo are the receiving ships USS Richmond (left) and USS Franklin (right), at the St Helena Training Ground of the US Navy, circa 1913-1915. Image by Harry Cowles Mann. Property of the Norfolk Public Library (Va.), Sargeant Memorial Collection.	Brian Baird
098605527	72k	USS Richmond's Barge, "blueprint", 1 September 1888. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Construction and Repair US National Archives Identifier (NAID) 109188763	Robert Hurst
098605528	88k	USS Richmond's Gig Whale Boat "as built abroad", "blueprint", 1 October 1884 US National Archives Identifier (NAID) 109188767.	Robert Hurst
098605529	149k	USS Richmond's Steam Barge "blueprint", 1 September 1888. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Construction and Repair. US National Archives Identifier (NAID) 109188765.	Robert Hurst
	198k	Ex-USS Richmond at Eastport, Maine being burned for scrap in 1920. Captain Turner is on the stern hauling down his flag. Note the boat standing by to rescue him. Franklin D. Roosevelt witnessed this event. US Naval History and Heritage Command, Photo No. NH 44800.	Mike Green