USS Calypso (1863)

History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Acquired	12 October 1863
Commissioned	24 September 1863
Decommissioned	15 August 1865
Stricken	1865 (est.)
Captured	by Union Navy forces 11 June 1863
Fate	Sold, 30 November 1865
General characteristics
Displacement	630 tons
Length	175 ft 2 in (53.39 m)
Beam	26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)
Draught	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	steam engine screw propelled
Speed	12 knots
Complement	70 officers and enlisted
Armament	two 30-pounder rifled guns four 24-pounder rifled guns

The first USS Calypso was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

Calypso was used by the Navy as a gunboat, and was ordered to patrol navigable waterways of the Confederacy to prevent the South from trading with other countries.