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History |
Confederate States |
Name: |
Scorpion |
Ordered: |
1864 |
Fate: |
Abandoned and captured |
General characteristics [1] |
Length: |
46 ft (14 m) |
Beam: |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Depth of hold: |
3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
Armament: |
- 1 × 5 in (130 mm) gun
- 18 ft (5.5 m) spar with percussion torpedo
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Armor: |
None |
CSS 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.[1]
On January 23 to January 25, 1865, torpedo boats
Scorpion, Hornet and Wasp, under the overall command of Lieutenant Charles W. Read, CSN, joined Flag Officer J.K. Mitchell's James River Squadron in the abortive attack on General Ulysses S. Grant's main supply base at City Point, Virginia. Attempting to rejoin her consort, the ironclad CSS Richmond ran aground above Trent's Reach; Scorpion ended up fast ashore also and was severely damaged by the magazine explosion which destroyed nearby gunboat CSS Drewry, on January 24. Abandoned, she fell into Federal hands.[1]
References
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Jan: USS San Jacinto
- 12 Jan: CSS Columbia
- 15 Jan: USS Patapsco
- 24 Jan: CSS Drewry, CSS Scorpion
- 26 Jan: USS Dai Ching
- January (unknown date): CSS Lelia
- 15 Feb: USS Merrimac
- 18 Feb: CSS Charleston, CSS Chicora, CSS Palmetto State
- 25 Feb: CSS Chickamauga
- 27 Feb: USS Arizona
- 1 Mar: USS Harvest Moon
- 12 Mar: USS Althea
- 14 Mar CSS Neuse
- 28 Mar: USS Milwaukee
- 29 Mar: USS Osage
- 1 Apr: Bertrand, USS Rodolph
- 3 Apr: CSS Fredericksburg, CSS Hampton, CSS Patrick Henry, CSS Richmond, CSS Roanoke, CSS Virginia II
- 12 Apr: CSS Huntsville, CSS Tuscaloosa
- 13 Apr: USS Ida
- 14 Apr: USS Sciota
- 17 Apr: CSS Chattahoochee, CSS Jackson
- 22 Apr: USS Black Hawk
- 24 Apr: USS O. M. Pettit, CSS Webb
- 27 Apr: Sultana
- April (unknown date): USS Rose
- 8 May: USS Glasgow
- 12 May: Fiery Star
- 20 May: City of Dunedin
- 4 Jul: Agnes
- 30 Jul: Brother Jonathan
- 4 Aug: Smerch
- 9 Aug: Pewabic
- 23 Aug: USS Commodore McDonough
- 16 Sep: Lone Star
- 22 Sep: USS Pink
- 7 Oct: Duncan Dunbar
- 25 Oct: Republic
- 6 Nov: USS Jacob Bell
- 10 Nov: Patroon
- 13 Nov: Aenid
- 19 Nov: City of Launceston
- 3 Dec: Indian River
- 5 Dec: Neptune
- 16 Dec: USS New Ironsides
- 30 Dec: Huntress
- 31 Dec: Goldena
- Unknown date: Clipper Dove, Race Horse
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Other incidents | |
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1864 1866 |