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William R. Trigg Company

William R. Trigg Company, also the Trigg Shipbuilding Company, was an inland shipyard in Richmond, Virginia. The shipyard produced torpedo boats and destroyers and the protected cruiser USS Galveston (CL-19) for the United States Navy.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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  • Industryshipbuilding1
1899 William R. Trigg Company advertisement
Photo: American Society of Naval Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

William R. Trigg Company, also the Trigg Shipbuilding Company, was an inland shipyard in Richmond, Virginia. The shipyard produced torpedo boats and destroyers and the protected cruiser USS Galveston (CL-19) for the United States Navy.2

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