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 | | With a “4 gun in place of her 3” gun, Scorpion set out on her second war patrol on 29 May. On 2 June, she refueled at Midway and, on the 21st, she arrived off Takara Jima in the Tokara Gunto. |
 | | On the 5th, sheattempted to rendezvous with Herring (SS-233) to transfer an injured man. Heavy seas prevented the transfer, and Scorpion continued west. |
 | | The original hull for Scorpion (SSN-589) was laid down on 1 November 1957 by the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp., Groton, Conn. In December, however, the hull was split, extended, and renamed George Washington (SSBN-598) (q.v.), effective on 6 November 1958. |
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