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 |
.svg.png) 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 |
.svg.png) 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 & 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 |