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==Service==
==Service==
''Restless'' served as station ship at Constantinople from 1908 through 1927, and was interned there from 15 November, 1917 until 9 November, 1918.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 78}}{{SilverstoneWW2|p. 178}}
''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==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Adolph Marix|nick=Adolph Marix|appt=11 April, 1898|precBy=New Command}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}} ([[Connecticut Naval Militia]])|name=Arthur H. Day|nick=Arthur H. Day|appt=22 June, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 49}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Nathan Sargent|nick=Nathan Sargent|appt=9 September, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 16}}|end=}}
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{{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}}}}
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Latest revision as of 17:08, 29 April 2018

U.S.S. Scorpion (1898)
Hull Number: PY-3
Builder: Robins Dry Dock Company[1]
Purchased: 7 April, 1898[2]
Launched: 1896[3]
Commissioned: 11 April, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 27 October, 1927[5]
Stricken: 23 March, 1929[6]
Sold: 25 June, 1929[7]
Fate: Broken up

U.S.S. Scorpion was an armed yacht purchased by the 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.[8][9]

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.[10]

Upon America's entry into the First World War, Scorpion was interned at Constantinople from 15 November, 1917 until 9 November, 1918.[11][12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

[32]

1898

  • four 5-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders

1899

  • two 4-inch/40 caliber
  • six 6-pounders

1910

  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  10. ↑ "Survey of the Scorpion". Army and Navy Register. 14 January, 1911. Vol. XLIX. No. 1,621. p. 11.
  11. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.
  12. ↑ Silverstone. Navy of World War II. p. 178.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 16.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 18.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 22.
  16. ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 18.
  17. ↑ Register of Officers, 1906. p. 18.
  18. ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 18.
  19. ↑ Register of Officers, 1909. p. 18.
  20. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
  21. ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 20.
  22. ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 20.
  23. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
  24. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
  25. ↑ Register of Officers, 1913. p. 18.
  26. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
  27. ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 20.
  28. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 16.
  29. ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 22-23.
  30. ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 36-37.
  31. ↑ Register of Officers, 1925. pp. 36-37.
  32. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 78.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2008). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The Navy of World War II, 1922-1947. New York: Routledge.


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