USS Clinton, originally named Lena Clinton, was a tugboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

Lena Clinton was a tugboat operating in New York in the early 1860s.

She was purchased there by the US Navy on 14 June 1864 during the American Civil War, and was renamed Clinton.

She was assigned to duty with the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for picket and tug service in the James River and at Norfolk Navy Yard until the end of the war.

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