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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sovereign |
| Port of registry |  |
| Builder | John N. Robins, South Brooklyn, New York |
| Completed | 1896 |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Navy 7 April 1898 |
| Notes | Private yacht |
 United States | |
| Name | Scorpion |
| Namesake | Scorpions, an order of arachnids having an elongated body and a narrow segmented tail bearing a venomous sting at the tip. |
| Acquired | 7 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 14 January 1899 |
| Recommissioned | 22 August 1899 |
| Decommissioned | 24 July 1901 |
| Recommissioned | 1 July 1902 |
| Decommissioned | 27 October 1927 |
| Stricken | 23 March 1929 |
| Fate | Sold 25 June 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | |
| Displacement | 775 long tons (787 t) |
| Length | 212 ft 10 in (64.87 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft 1 in (8.56 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Installed power | 2 × triple expansion; 2500 IHP |
| Propulsion | Twin screw |
| Speed | 14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h) |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament | 4 × 57 mm (2.24 in) 6-pounder guns |
The fourth USS Scorpion was a steam yacht in commission in the United States Navy from 1898 to 1899, 1899 to 1901, and 1902 to 1927.