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| Scorpion SS-278 launch in 1942. |
USS Scorpion (SS-278) – a Gato-class submarine – was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the scorpion.
Scorpion′s keel was laid down at the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine, on 20 March 1942. She was launched on 20 July 1942, sponsored by Ms. Elizabeth T. Monagle, and commissioned on 1 October 1942.
Scorpion was probably mined in the Yellow Sea after 5 January 1944 and lost with all hands.
Scorpion earned three battle stars for her World War II service.