USS Scorpion

USS Scorpion may refer to one of six vessels of the United States Navy:

USS Scorpion (1812), a block sloop in commission from 1812 to 1814 that was part of Joshua Barney's Chesapeake Bay Flotilla in the War of 1812
USS Scorpion (1813), a schooner in commission from 1813 to 1814 serving on the upper Great Lakes in the War of 1812
USS Scorpion (1847), a bark-rigged steamer of the Mexican-American War in commission from 1847 to 1848
USS Scorpion (PY-3), a patrol yacht and gunboat in commission from 1898 to 1899, 1899-1901, and 1902 to 1927 that saw action in the Spanish-American War in 1898
USS Scorpion (SS-278), a Gato-class submarine, in commission from 1942 until lost in 1944 during World War II
USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a Skipjack-class submarine, in commission from 1960 until lost in a Cold War accident in 1968

In fiction

A fictitious U.S. Navy nuclear submarine named USS Scorpion plays an important role in Nevil Shute's 1957 novel On the Beach