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CSS Scorpion


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Civil War Medal

Squib-class Torpedo Boat
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Acquired in late 1864 by the Confederate States Navy
  • Armed with a spar torpedo fitted to her stem
  • Commissioned, date and location unknown, LT. E. Lakin, CSN in command
  • CSS Scorpion was assigned to perform picket duty in the James River
  • On January 23 to January 25, 1865, torpedo boats CSS Scorpion, CSS Hornet and CSS Wasp, under the overall command of LT. 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, VA.
  • While attempting to rejoin her consort, the ironclad CSS Richmond, Scorpion 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
  • Final Disposition, abandoned, into Federal hands
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 46'
    Beam 6'3"
    Depth of Hull 3'9"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    one 18 ft. spar torpedo
    Propulsion unknown

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