USS Rescue (1861)

History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1861 at Wilmington, Delaware
Acquired	21 August 1861
Commissioned	circa 21 August 1861
Decommissioned	1889
Stricken	1891 (est.)
Homeport	Washington Navy Yard
Fate	Sold on 25 March 1891
General characteristics
Displacement	111 tons
Length	80 ft (24 m)
Beam	18 ft (5.5 m)
Draught	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	steam engine screw-propelled
Speed	6 knots
Complement	not known
Armament	one 20-pounder Parrott rifle one 12-pounder gun

USS Rescue was a small (111-ton) steamer commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

She served the Union Navy during the blockade of ports and waterways of the Confederate States of America as a gunboat and dispatch boat. After the war's end, Rescue continued to serve the Navy, but this time as a tugboat and as a fireboat.