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|builder=[[Robins Dry Dock Company]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
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|purchased=7 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|comm=11 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
|decomm=27 October, 1927{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
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|fate=Sold
|fatedate=25 June, 1929{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
|fate2=Broken up
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. Scorpion''' was an [[Armed Yacht|armed yacht]] purchased by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] in 1898 for service in the [[Spanish-American War]]. 

==Construction==

==Service==
''Scorpion'' served as station ship at Constantinople from 1908 through 1927.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}

At the end of 1910 ''Scorpion'' had been sent to a private yard in Trieste for repairs, and her condition was thought poor enough to require a special inspection by a board of survey assembled for the purpose.<ref>"Survey of the ''Scorpion''".  ''Army and Navy Register''.  14 January, 1911.  Vol. '''XLIX'''.  No. '''1,621'''.  p. 11.</ref>

Upon America's entry into the First World War, ''Scorpion'' was interned at Constantinople from 15 November, 1917 until 9 November, 1918.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Adolph Marix|nick=Adolph Marix|appt=11 April, 1898|end=|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Nathan Sargent|nick=Nathan Sargent|appt=9 September, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 16}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Clifford Joseph Boush|nick=Clifford J. Boush|appt=1 July, 1902{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 18}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Hilary Pollard Jones, Jr.|nick=Hilary P. Jones, Jr.|appt=1904{{USOfficerReg1905|p. 22}}{{USOfficerReg1904|p. 18}}|end=19 February, 1906{{USOfficerReg1906|p. 18}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Frank Woodruff Kellogg|nick=Frank W. Kellogg|appt=19 February, 1906{{USOfficerReg1907|p. 18}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=George Wood Logan|nick=George W. Logan|appt=1 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 18}}|end=26 February, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Walter Selwyn Crosley|nick=Walter S. Crosley|appt=26 February, 1909{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 20}}|end=21 February, 1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 20}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Frank Brooks Upham|nick=Frank B. Upham|appt=21 February, 1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}|end=2 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 18}}{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Edward McCauley, Jr.|nick=Edward McCauley, Jr.|appt=2 January, 1913{{USOfficerReg1915|p. 20}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=James Proctor Morton|nick=James P. Morton|appt=18 February, 1915{{USOfficerReg1917|p. 16}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Richard Philip McCullough|nick=Richard P. McCullough|appt=27 October, 1917{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 22-23}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Arthur Samuel Dysart|nick=Arthur S. Dysart|appt=18 October, 1922{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 36-37}}|end=after 1 January, 1925{{USOfficerReg1925|pp. 36-37}}}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}
===1898===
* four 5-inch/40 caliber
* six 6-pounders
===1899===
* two 4-inch/40 caliber
* six 6-pounders
===1910===
* four 6-pounders

==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Scorpion_(PY-3)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin}}
* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
* {{SilverstoneWW2}}
{{refend}}

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