USS Eastport (1862) was a wooden-hulled steamship acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Built as a civilian steamer, she was converted into a gunboat and commissioned into the Navy in September 1862. The ship was used primarily for river patrols and blockade duty along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The USS Eastport participated in several engagements during the Civil War, including the Battle of Arkansas Post and the Red River Campaign. In 1865, she was decommissioned and sold into civilian service. The ship later became a merchant vessel before being abandoned in the 1890s. Despite her relatively short service life in the Navy, the USS Eastport played a role in the Union Navy's efforts to control Confederate waterways during the Civil War.

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