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'''CSS ''Scorpion''''' was a [[Squib class torpedo boat|''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 (Virginia)|James River]] under command of Lieutenant E. Lakin, CSN.<ref name="hazegray"/>

'''CSS ''Scorpion''''' was a [[Squib class torpedo boat|''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 (Virginia)|James River]] under command of Lieutenant E. Lakin, CSN.

On January 23 to January 25, 1865, torpedo boats

''Scorpion'', [[{{Ship|CSS |Hornet|CSS ''Hornet'']],|2}} and [[{{Ship|CSS |Wasp|CSS ''Wasp'']]|2}}, under the overall command of Lieutenant [[Charles Read (naval officer)|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 [[{{Ship|CSS Richmond|CSS ''Richmond'']]}}, ran aground above Trent's Reach, and ''Scorpion'' ended up fast ashore also and was severely damaged by the magazine explosion which destroyed nearby gunboat [[{{Ship|CSS Drewry|CSS ''Drewry'']]}}, on January 24. Abandoned, she fell into Federal hands.<ref name="hazegray"/>

==References==

See also [[USS Scorpion|USS ''Scorpion'']] and [[HMS Scorpion|HMS ''Scorpion'']].

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