USS Scorpion (PY-3)

USS Scorpion (PY-3) at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, c. April 1898
History
NameSovereign
Port of registry
BuilderJohn N. Robins, South Brooklyn, New York
Completed1896
FateSold to U.S. Navy 7 April 1898
NotesPrivate yacht
United States
NameScorpion
NamesakeScorpions, an order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip.
Acquired7 April 1898
Commissioned11 April 1898
Decommissioned14 January 1899
Recommissioned22 August 1899
Decommissioned24 July 1901
Recommissioned1 July 1902
Decommissioned27 October 1927
Stricken23 March 1929
FateSold 25 June 1929
General characteristics
Type
Displacement775 long tons (787 t)
Length212 ft 10 in (64.87 m)
Beam28 ft 1 in (8.56 m)
Draft11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power2 × triple expansion; 2500 IHP
PropulsionTwin screw
Speed14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement90
Armament4 × 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.

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