USS Kingfisher (1861)
 The first USS Kingfisher was purchased by the Navy at Boston Massachusetts 2 August 1861; and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 3 October Acting Lt. Joseph P. Couthouy in command.That day she was ordered to Key West Florida for duty in the Gulf Blockading Squadron. On 21 January she joined USS Ethan Allen in capturing the Olive Branch bound from Cedar Keys to Nassau Bahamas with a cargo of turpentine.