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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
See also