USS Scorpion
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USS Scorpion may refer to one of six vessels of the United States Navy:
, a block sloop in commission from 1812 to 1814 that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla in the War of 1812, a schooner in commission from 1813 to 1814 serving on the upper Great Lakes in the War of 1812, a bark-rigged steamer of the Mexican-American War in commission from 1847 to 1848, a patrol yacht and gunboat in commission from 1898 to 1899, 1899-1901, and 1902 to 1927 that saw action in the Spanish-American War in 1898, a Gato-class submarine, in commission from 1942 until lost in 1944 during World War II, a Skipjack-class submarine, in commission from 1960 until lost in a Cold War accident in 1968
, a block sloop in commission from 1812 to 1814 that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla in the War of 1812, a schooner in commission from 1813 to 1814 serving on the upper Great Lakes in the War of 1812, a bark-rigged steamer of the Mexican-American War in commission from 1847 to 1848, a patrol yacht and gunboat in commission from 1898 to 1899, 1899-1901, and 1902 to 1927 that saw action in the Spanish-American War in 1898, a Gato-class submarine, in commission from 1942 until lost in 1944 during World War II, a Skipjack-class submarine, in commission from 1960 until lost in a Cold War accident in 1968
In fiction
A fictitious U.S. Navy nuclear submarine named USS Scorpion plays an important role in Nevil Shutes 1957 novel On the BeachSee also
- CSS ScorpionCSS ScorpionCSS Scorpion was a Squib-class torpedo boat procured late in 1864 by the Confederate States Navy and armed with a spar torpedo fitted to her stem. She performed picket duty in the James River under command of Lieutenant E. Lakin, CSN....
- Soviet submarine Scorpion
- Scorpène SSK