USS Randolph (1776)
Painting of Randolph by William Nowland Van Powell | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Randolph |
| Namesake | Peyton Randolph |
| Ordered | 13 December 1775 |
| Builder | Wharton and Humphreys |
| Launched | 10 July 1776 |
| Fate | Sunk by explosion, 7 March 1778 (311 killed/4 survived) |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Frigate |
| Length | 132 ft 9 in (40.46 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
| Draft | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Depth | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Complement | 315 |
| Armament | 26 x 12 pdrs; 10 x 6 pdrs |
| Service record | |
| Commanders: | Capt. Nicholas Biddle |
| Operations: | |
USS Randolph was a 32-gun frigate of the Continental Navy named for Founding Father Peyton Randolph, the president of the First Continental Congress. Attaining only moderate success in her career, Randolph was destroyed by an explosion of her gunpowder stores during the Battle off Barbados on 8 March 1778.