HMS Richmond (G88)
USS ''Fairfax'' (DD-93) was a 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 , and then to the Soviet Navy as ''Zhivuchy''. Service history USS ''Fairfax'' Named in honor of Rear Admiral Donald Fairfax, she was launched 15 December 1917 by Mare Island Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. H. George; and commissioned 6 April 1918, Lieutenant Commander Stanford Caldwell Hooper in command. ''Fairfax'' arrived at Hampton Roads 6 June 1918 for convoy escort duty out of Newport News. She guarded convoys of troop transports to midocean meeting points with escorts who had come out of English and French ports to meet them. ''Fairfax'' also guarded convoys moving between coastal ports, and patrolled off the coast until 16 October, when she stood down Hampton Roads bound for Brest, France, escorting a troop convoy. On 18 October, she left her convoy to rescue 86 survivors of torpedoed , a Naval Ov ...
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