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.

Camelia, a screw tugboat, was built in 1862 at New York City as Governor; purchased there 17 September 1863; and commissioned 28 November 1863 with Acting Ensign R. W. Parker assuming command the next day.

In addition to playing a part in the blockade which kept critically needed war materials and civilian commodities from entering the Confederacy, Camelia contributed officers and men to the naval brigade which carried out successful operations ashore in the Broad River area of South Carolina in November and December 1864.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.