USS Scorpion (PY-3)
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| Name: | Scorpion |
| Namesake: | Scorpions, an order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip. |
| Builder: | John N. Robins, South Brooklyn, New York |
| Completed: | 1896 |
| Acquired: | 7 April 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 11 April 1898 |
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| Struck: | 23 March 1929 |
| Fate: | Sold 25 June 1929 |
| Notes: | Served as private yacht Sovereign 1896-1898 |
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| Displacement: | 775 long tons (787 t) |
| Length: | 212 ft 10 in (64.87 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft 1 in (8.56 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 × triple expansion; 2500 IHP |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw |
| Speed: | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 90 |
| Armament: | 4 × 57 mm (2.24 in) 6-pounder guns |
The fourth USS Scorpion was a steam yacht in commission in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1899, 1899 to 1901, and 1902 to 1927.
Scorpion was built in 1896 as Sovereign, a two-masted schooner-rigged, 775-ton, steel steam yacht, for M.C.D. Borden by John N. Robins, South Brooklyn, New York. She was powered by a pair of triple expansion steam engines, with cylinders of 15, 24 and 39 inches by 21-inch stroke, built by the W. & A. Fletcher Co. of Hoboken, New Jersey. Steam was supplied by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers at a working pressure of 225 pounds. The engines reportedly developed 2500 indicated horsepower and in an 1896 race with the steamer Monmouth—said to be the second fastest steamer in New York—Sovereign won handily.
The U.S. Navy purchased her on 7 April 1898 for service in the Spanish–American War. Renamed USS Scorpion, she was commissioned on 11 April 1898 with Lieutenant Commander Adolph Marix in command.
Following commissioning, Scorpion proceeded to Hampton Roads, Virginia, where she joined the Flying Squadron on 1 May 1898 and prepared for duty in the Caribbean. On 22 May, she arrived with the squadron off Cienfuegos, Cuba, then continued on to the Santiago de Cuba area with dispatches for ships scouting off that port. On 25 May, she returned to Cienfuegos, patrolled there on blockade duty until the next day, then departed for Key West, Florida, for coal and water.
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