USS Penguin (1861)

History
United States
Name	USS Penguin
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	23 May 1861
Commissioned	25 June 1861
Decommissioned	24 August 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Fate	Sold, 8 September 1865
General characteristics
Type	Steamer
Displacement	389 long tons (395 t)
Length	155 ft (47 m)
Beam	30 ft 8 in (9.35 m)
Draft	10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion	steam engine screw-propelled
Speed	10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	Unknown
Armament	1 × 12-pounder gun, 4 × 32-pounder guns

USS Penguin 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 South from trading with other countries.