U.S. Navy "Subscription" Ships-- Part 5: Richmond and Trumbull

USS RICHMOND-- 16-gun brig purchased by the citizens of Richmond, Petersburg, Manchester and Norfolk, Virginia, for use in the Quasi War with France. Cruised in the Lesser Antilles and off the U.S. coast. Captured the French privateer Louie. Sold in 1801.

USS TRUMBULL-- 18-gun sloop commissioned in 1800. Built because of losses of merchant ships in the Quasi War. Under the command of David Jewett. Sold in 1801.

---Brock-Perry