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 battleship
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 battleship
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 battleship
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 battleship
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

See also

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