USS Scourge

Three ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Scourge:

USS Scourge (1804), was a former British privateer named Transfer, renamed Scourge and declared unfit for service and sold in 1813
USS Scourge (1812), was the Canadian schooner Lord Nelson, illegally seized for the US Navy on Lake Ontario in 1812 and sank in 1813
USS Scourge (1846), was a steamer, purchased in 1846 for service in the Mexican-American War and sold in 1848.

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