Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Randolph, after Peyton Randolph, a member and first president of the Continental Congress. The first Randolph was a sailing frigate launched in 1776, and which exploded in 1778 during an engagement with HMS Yarmouth. The second Randolph (CV-15) was an aircraft carrier that served from 1944 to 1969. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.