USS Kalmia was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a tugboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.

History
Union Navy Jack United States
Orderedas Innes
Laid downdate unknown
Launched1863
Acquired5 October 1863
In servicecirca October 1863
Out of service1865 (est.)
Stricken1865 (est.)
FateSold, 25 October 1865
General characteristics
Displacement112 tons
Length85 ft (26 m)
Beam19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed12 knots
Complementnot known
Armamenttwo guns

Kalmia, a screw steamer, was built as Innes at Philadelphia in 1863 and purchased for the Navy by Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding 5 October from her owner, Arron Innes, Poughkeepsie, New York.

Renamed Kalmia 24 April 1864, the Naval Register of 1865 lists her as assigned to the North Atlantic Blockade Squadron as a fourth-rate tug. No further record of her other naval service has been found.

Kalmia was sold at public auction in New York City, New York, 25 October 1865. She was redocumented as F. B. Thurber 12 December; renamed James Hughes 8 November 1898; and destroyed by fire 15 June 1905 at Bartlett's Point, New York.

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