William R. Trigg Co., Richmond VA


William R. Trigg founded the Richmond Locomotive Works and is said to have done "more to build up the manufacturing interests of Richmond than perhaps any other man".  He obviously had all the right connections, judging by the short but impressive construction record, but his shipyard failed in 1903 and its last vessel was never finished.  The shipyard was located on Chappell Island, at the mouth of the James-Kanawa Canal.  Most of the land today is Richmond's  Great Shiplock Park.  If anyone can provide any additional information about the ships Trigg built, please e-mail me at tim@coltoncompany.com

Hull # Original Name Original Owner Type Tons Delivery Disposition
  Shubrick (TB 31) U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat 200 Nov-01 Sold 1920
  Stockton (TB 32) U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat 200 Nov-01 Sunk as target 1916
  Thornton (TB 33) U.S. Navy Torpedo Boat 200 Jun-02 Sold 1920
  Dale (DD 4) U.S. Navy Destroyer 420 Oct-02 Sold 1920
  Decatur (DD 5) U.S. Navy Destroyer 420 May-02 Sold 1920
7 Galveston (C 17) US Navy Cruiser 3,200   Completed by Norfolk NSY, sold 1933
  Samuel N. Lapsley   Missionary Ship 24 1902  
  P.R.R. No. 7 Pennsylvania R.R. Co. Tug 223 1902 To USN as SP 679 1917, later "Princeton"
  P.R.R. No. 8 Pennsylvania R.R. Co. Tug 223 1902 Later "Lancaster"
  P.R.R. No. 9 Pennsylvania R.R. Co. Tug 223 1902 To USN as YT 223, later "York"
12 Virginia Chesapeake & Ohio RR Co. Steamer 635 Feb-02 Scrapped 1951
13           Not used
14 Berkeley Old Dominion S.S. Co. Steamer 1,075 Jun-02 Later "Virginia" 1923, scrapped 1947
Cape Charles NY, Phila & Norfolk RR Tug     Not completed
  Tuscarora U.S. Coast Guard Revenue Cutter 740 Sep-02 Decommissioned 1936
17 Benyuard U.S. Army Engineers Dredge 2,566   Not completed, later "Sandchief" 1948, scrapped 1957
  Mohawk U.S. Coast Guard Revenue Cutter 1,150 May-04 Sank 1917
19 Captain A. F. Lucas Standard Oil of California Tanker 4,188 Dec-04 Scrapped 1948