For other ships with the same name, see HMS Richmond.
History
United States
Name
USS Fairfax
Namesake
Donald Fairfax
Builder
Mare Island Navy Yard
Laid down
10 July 1917
Launched
15 December 1917
Commissioned
6 April 1918
Decommissioned
19 June 1922
Recommissioned
1 May 1930
Decommissioned
21 November 1940
Stricken
8 January 1941
Fate
Transferred to United Kingdom, 26 November 1940
United Kingdom
Name
HMS Richmond
Namesake
Richmond, North Yorkshire
Acquired
26 November 1940
Commissioned
5 December 1940
Identification
Pennant number: G88
Fate
Transferred to USSR, 16 July 1944
Soviet Union
Name
Zhivuchy (Живучий / Tenacious)
Acquired
16 July 1944
Fate
Returned to UK for scrapping, 23 June 1949
General characteristics
Class and type
Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement
1,090 tons
Length
314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam
31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft
9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed
35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement
100 officers and enlisted
Armament
4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns,
2 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 guns,
12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
USS Fairfax (DD-93) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later transferred for World War II service first to the Royal Navy as HMS Richmond (G88), a Town-class destroyer, and then to the Soviet Navy as Zhivuchy.[note 1] Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).
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launch that was ferrying him out to his flagship, the gunnery training ship USS Wyoming (AG-17), in the harbor of Portland, Maine. Lee was buried in Arlington...
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