US RECEIVING SHIP VA NORFOLK RICHMOND

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

USS RICHMOND - Steam Sloop
Commissioned October 13 1860 - Decommissioned July 14 1865
Recommissioned January 11 1869 - Decommissioned November 8 1871
Recommissioned November 18 1872 - Decommissioned September 18 1877
Recommissioned November 19 1878 - Decommissioned August 22 1884
Recommissioned January 20 1887
USS RICHMOND - Training Ship
Reassigned to Newport RI October 7 1890 to 1893
USS RICHMOND - Receiving Ship
Reassigned to Philadelphia 1894 to 1900
Remained moored at League Island until 1903
USS RICHMOND - Receiving Ship
Reassigned to Norfolk 1903 until June 30 1919

Struck from the Navy list June 31 1919
Sold July 23 1919. She was delivered August 6 1919 for breaking up.

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

Receiving Ship - Norfolk 1903 to June 30 1919

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c 1903-1915

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Picture postcard of the Receiving Ship Franklin (1877-1915) and Receiving Ship Richmond (1903-1919)

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The capital of the state of Virginia.

There have been four ships of the US/CSS Navy named RICHMOND - USS Richmond (Brig 1798), USS Richmond (Steam Sloop 1860), CSS Richmond (Ironclad Ram 1862) and USS Richmond CL-9.

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