USS Camelia
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Ordered | as Governor |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 1862 at New York City |
| Acquired | 17 September 1863 |
| Commissioned | 28 November 1863 |
| Decommissioned | 1865 at New York City |
| Stricken | 1865 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 15 August 1865 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 198 tons |
| Length | 111 ft (34 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) |
| Draught | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | two 20-pounder rifled guns |
USS Camelia was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was armed as a gunboat by the Navy and assigned to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.