USS Squando was a Casco-class light draft monitor built during the American Civil War.

Completed after the American Civil War had wound down, she served in the North Atlantic Squadron in 1865 and 1866 before being decommissioned in May of the latter year.

[2] Ericsson provided his plan in early October, but delays and redesigns by engineer Alban C. Stimers resulted in the project design not being matured until February 1863.

[7] McKay spent decades after the war attempting to recoup extra costs related to the ship's construction.

[9] Squando was powered by two marine steam engines driving two propeller shafts, and could make a speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph).

[9] In March, the citizens of Boston had requested that Squando remain on duty there, for fear that foreign-built Confederate vessels could threaten the harbor.

[9] The United States War Department advertised for sealed bids for Squando and several other vessels in March 1868.

[17] An 1869 newspaper report noted that she could brought up to good enough condition for active duty in "a few days", while describing the entire class of vessels as "total failures".