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 created this shipyard in October 1898 after having won his first contract to build three torpedo boats and two torpedo boat destroyers for the US Navy. The company won other contracts between 1899 and 1901 but became insolvent, was placed in receivership in December 1902, and declared bankrupt in May 1903. William Trigg died in February 1903. The vessels under construction when the company was declared bankrupt were eventually completed by others or sold for their material value and the shipyard itself was sold at auction in July 1905. 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 add to the table below, please email info@navalmarinearchive.com.
Most recent update: 27 November 2017.
| Hull # | O.N. | Original Name | Original Owner | Type | Tons | Feet | Delivery | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DD 4 | Dale | U.S. Navy | Destroyer | 420d | Oct-02 | Sold 1920 | |
| 2 | DD 5 | Decatur | U.S. Navy | Destroyer | 420d | May-02 | Sold 1920 | |
| 3 | TB 31 | Shubrick | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200d | Nov-01 | Sold 1920 | |
| 4 | TB 32 | Stockton | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200d | Nov-01 | Sunk as target 1916 | |
| 5 | TB 33 | Thornton | U.S. Navy | Torpedo Boat | 200d | Jun-02 | Sold 1920 | |
| 6 | 116980 | Samuel N. Lapsley | Southern Presbyterian Church | Missionary Ship | 24 | May-01 | KD package, sank in Congo May-03 | |
| 7 | C 17 | Galveston | U.S. Navy | Cruiser | 3,200d | Feb-05 | Completed by Norfolk NSY, sold 1933 | |
| 8 | Bull | William R. Trigg Co. | Derrick Scow | 1900 | For work on naval vessels | |||
| 9 | No. 7 | Tuscarora | Revenue Cutter Service | Revenue Cutter | 740d | Sep-02 | Decommissioned 1936 | |
| 10 | No. 8 | Mohawk | Revenue Cutter Service | Revenue Cutter | 1,150d | May-04 | Sank 1917 | |
| 11 | 141802 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | Jul-02 | Scrapped 1963 | |
| 12 | 161909 | Virginia | Chesapeake & Ohio RR Co. | Steamer | 635 | Feb-02 | Scrapped 1951 | |
| 13 | Not used | |||||||
| 14 | 3930 | Berkeley | Old Dominion S.S. Co. | Steamer | 1,075 | Jun-02 | Later Virginia 1923, scrapped 1947 | |
| 15 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Car Float (Ferry?) | 1902 | |||||
| 16 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Car Float (Ferry?) | 1902 | |||||
| 17 | na | Benyuard | U.S. Army Engineers | Dredge | 2,566 | 1904 | Completed by Norfolk NSY, Sandchief 1948, scrapped 1957 | |
| 18 | City of Richmond | Lock Gate(s) | ||||||
| 19 | 201645 | Captain A. F. Lucas | Standard Oil of California | Tanker | 4,188 | Dec-04 | Completed by Roach, scrapped 1948 | |
| 20 | 200836 | Bristol/P.R.R. No. 7 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1904 | Completed by PRR, to USN 1917 as SP 1245, later Princeton, NLD 1964 | |
| 21 | 200837 | Chester/P.R.R. No. 9 | Pennsylvania R.R. Co. | Tug | 223 | 1904 | Completed by PRR, to USN 1917 as SP 679, later York, abandoned 1946 | |
| 22 | na | Cape Charles | New York, Phila & Norfolk RR | Tug | 350 | Not completed |