Three ships in the United States Navy have been named USS Richmond for the capital of Virginia. was a brig, launched and purchased for the Navy in 1798. She was sold in 1801. 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. was launched in 1921, saw service in World War II and decommissioned in 1945. See also , a Confederate ram. United States Navy ship names