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: two vessels were not completed and four had to be completed by their owners. 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 timcolton@aol.com
| Hull # | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | Tons | Delivery | Disposition |
| 1 | Dale (DD 4) | U.S. Navy | Destroyer | 420 | Oct-02 | Sold 1920 |
| 2 | Decatur (DD 5) | U.S. Navy | Destroyer | 420 | May-02 | Sold 1920 |
| 3 | Shubrick (TB 31) | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200 | Nov-01 | Sold 1920 |
| 4 | Stockton (TB 32) | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200 | Nov-01 | Sunk as target 1916 |
| 5 | Thornton (TB 33) | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200 | Jun-02 | Sold 1920 |
| 7 | Galveston (C 17) | U.S. Navy | Cruiser | 3,200 | Completed by Norfolk NSY, sold 1933 | |
| Samuel N. Lapsley | Missionary Ship | 24 | 1902 | |||
| Chester | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1902 | Existence in doubt | |
| Lancaster | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1902 | ||
| 12 | Virginia | Ches. & Ohio RR Co. | Steamer | 635 | Feb-02 | Scrapped 1951 |
| 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 | 1904 | Not completed, 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 Cal. | Tanker | 4,188 | Dec-04 | Scrapped 1948 |
| 20 | P.R.R. No. 7 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1904 | To USN as SP 679 1917, later Princeton |
| 21 | P.R.R. No. 9 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1904 | To USN as YT 223, later York |