Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haifi Richardson a Paris, Texas. Ya shiga Jami'ar Naval ta Amurka a 1898 kuma ya kammala karatu na biyar a cikin aji na tamanin da biyar a 1902. Ayyukansa na farko sun kasance a cikin Rundunar Sojan Asiya, inda ya shiga cikin yakin Philippines
kuma, bayan 1905, a cikin Tekun Atlantika. A cikin 1907 zuwa 1909, Lieutenant Richardson ya umurci jiragen ruwa na torpedo da kuma na uku, Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla. Ya kasance memba na aji na farko na Makarantar Injiniya ta Kwalejin Kwalejin Navy a 1909<unk>