USS Pinta was an iron-hulled screw tug of the United States Navy, launched on October 29, 1864, by Reaney, Son & Archbold, Chester, Pennsylvania, completed in October 1865, and commissioned there.

Except for a period in ordinary during 1867, Pinta served on harbor duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 1866 until laid up in 1872.

She patrolled Alaskan waters protecting the seal fisheries until April 10, 1889, when she sailed for the Mare Island Navy Yard for repairs.

She returned to her home port, Sitka, on October 17, 1889, and continued to engage in patrol operations in the Bering Sea.

Pinta returned to Mare Island Navy Yard on July 17, 1897, and decommissioned there on August 4, 1897.