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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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