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USS Richmond (I)

Brig:
  • Built in circa 1797-98, at Norfolk, VA., as Augusta for Mr. Moses Myers
  • Purchased for the Navy in 1798 by the citizens of Richmond, Petersburg, Manchester and Norfolk, VA.
  • Renamed USS Richmond, she was fitted out in the fall of 1798
  • USS Richmond stood out of Hampton Roads in December for the Caribbean, CAPT. Samuel Barron in command
  • The brig joined COMO. Truxtun's squadron in the West Indies and operated with the ships of that squadron to protect American merchant shipping from French raiders (warships and privateers)
  • Richmond convoyed merchantmen among the ports of the Lesser Antilles until June 1799
  • In May she assisted in the capture of a French privateer, Louis.
  • Richmond departed the West Indies, 19 June 1799 with a convoy bound for Norfolk, whence she continued on to New York
  • Between 18 July and 6 October, she cruised off the east coast, from Boston to the Virginia Capes, in search of rumored French raiders
  • The Brig returned to the Caribbean in February 1800
  • She re-captured the American schooner Chance, 22 May and assisted in returning Thomas Chalkley to the American merchant fleet on the 28th
  • USS Richmond sailed north in February 1801 at the conclusion of the Quasi-War with France arriving back at New York
  • In March most of her crew was detached; and on 1 April she was ordered turned over to the Navy agent at New York to be sold at auction
    Specifications:
    Displacement 200t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament 16 guns
    Propulsion sail
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