SCORPION PY 3

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Built 1896 as Steam Yacht SOVEREIGN
Acquired by U.S. Navy April 7 1898 and renamed


1. USS SCORPION
   Commissioned April 11 1898 - Decommissioned January 14 1899 for conversion to Gunboat
   
   
2. USS SCORPION Gunboat No. 3
   Recommissioned August 22 1899 - Decommissioned July 24 1901
   Recommissioned July 1 1902 - Decommissioned April 6 1917
   Interned in Constantinople, Turkey April 11 1918 - November 9 1918
   Recommissioned November 12 1918
   
   
3. USS SCORPION PY-3
   Redesignated Patrol Yacht (PY) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned February 18 1928
   
   Struck from Naval Register March 23 1929
   Sold June 25 1929 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Scorpion Covers Page 1    (1910-24)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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3rd Commissioning July 1 1902 to April 6 1917

 

Locy Type 1

1910-07-19

As Gunboat No. 3

 

Locy Type 3 "CONS'PLE / TURKEY"

1916-02-21

As Gunboat No. 3
Real-photo postcard of the sender, Scorpion sailor Olin Dail Garries (1896-1979)

 

Locy Type 3 "CONS'PLE / TURKEY"

1916-02-21

Real-photo postcard of the sender, Scorpion sailor Olin Dail Garries (1896-1979)

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4th Commissioning November 12 1918 to February 18 1928

 

Locy Type 3s (AC) "CONS'PLE / TURKEY"

1921-08-30

As PY-3

 

Locy Type 6

1922-10-15

As PY-3

 

Locy Type 6

1924-05-18

As PY-3

 

Locy Type 9w

1924-04-29

As PY-3

 

Locy Type F USCS Catalog Illustration S-30

1926-09-01

As PY-3

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Any of various arachnids of warm dry regions, having a segmented body and an erectile tail tipped with a venomous sting

 

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