List of Ship Launches in 1862

The list of ship launches in 1862 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1862.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
30 January United States Continental Iron Works Brooklyn, New York Monitor Ironclad warship
14 February United States H.L and C.S. Bushnell Mystic, Connecticut Galena Ironclad screw steamer
8 March Confederate States of America Portsmouth, Virginia Virginia Ironclad warship rebuilt from the wreck of the USS Merrimack
19 March United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, Devon Ocean Prince Consort-class ironclad
20 March United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Juniata Sloop-of-war
15 April United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sonoma sidewheel gunboat
24 April Confederate States of America J. T. Shirley Memphis, Tennessee Arkansas Ironclad warship
28 April United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sacramento Sloop
1 May United States Neafie & Levy Kensington, Philadelphia Alligator Submarine first submarine of the United States Navy
1 May United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Conemaugh sidewheel steamer
6 May Confederate States of America Gosport Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia Richmond Ironclad ram
10 May United States William Henry Webb New York City Dunderberg screw Frigate
10 May United States William Cramp and Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Ironsides broadside ironclad
26 June United Kingdom Prince Consort Prince Consort-class ironclad
3 July United Kingdom Caird and Co Greenock, Scotland Lord Clyde Clyde packet purchased by Confederate States Navy, captured by United States Navy
10 July United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Monongahela Barkentine Sloop-of-war
29 July Confederate States of America John Laird Sons and Company Birkenhead Alabama Sloop-of-war
9 August United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn Lackawanna Sloop-of-war
30 August United States Continental Iron Works Greenport, New York Passaic Passaic class monitor
September Confederate States of America Cameron & Co Charleston, South Carolina Palmetto State Ironclad ram
10 September United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent Royal Oak Prince Consort-class ironclad
26 September United Kingdom Portsmouth Hector Hector class battleship
27 September United States Harlan and Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Patapsco Passaic class monitor
16 October United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn Ticonderoga Sloop-of-war
24 October United Kingdom Woolwich Dockyard Woolwich Caledonia Prince Consort-class ironclad
5 November United States Zeno Secor & Company Jersey City, New Jersey Weehawken Passaic class monitor
6 December United States Charles W. Whitney New York City Keokuk Ironclad steamer
6 December United States Atlantic Iron Works Boston, Massachusetts Nantucket Passaic class monitor
8 December United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Shenandoah Screw sloop
23 December United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Sassacus Side wheel steamer
unknown date United Kingdom Richard Tredwen Padstow, Cornwall Mary Jane Schooner known as The Sabbath Breaker as she became stuck on launch and freed hershelf the following Sunday


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