&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Octorara.jpg) Watercolor of USS Octorara by Alex Stuart.
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| Name | Octorara |
| Namesake | A creek in Pennsylvania named for an Indian word meaning running water. |
| Builder | Brooklyn Navy Yard |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | 7 December 1861 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1862 |
| Decommissioned | 5 August 1865 at New York City |
| Stricken | 1866 (est.) |
| Fate | Sold, 9 November 1866 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 829 tons |
| Length | 193 ft 2 in (58.88 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft 9.5 in (1.461 m) |
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| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 102 officers and enlisted |
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| Notes | Ship was double ended. |
USS Octorara was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Navy to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the Confederates from trading with other countries.