USS Camelia

History
United States
Orderedas Governor
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1862 at New York City
Acquired17 September 1863
Commissioned28 November 1863
Decommissioned1865 at New York City
Stricken1865 (est.)
FateSold, 15 August 1865
General characteristics
Displacement198 tons
Length111 ft (34 m)
Beam19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Propulsion
Speed10 knots
Complement40
Armamenttwo 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.