List of ship launches in 1865

The list of ship launches in 1865 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1865.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
Unknown	Russian Empire	New Admiralty Shipyard	Saint Petersburg	Petropavlovsk	Armored frigate or Broadside ironclad
January	Confederate States of America		Richmond, Virginia	Texas	Tennessee class ironclad
14 March	United Kingdom	Woolwich Dockyard	Woolwich	Pallas	Battery ship
27 March	United Kingdom		Birkenhead	Agincourt	Minotaur class battleship
27 March	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Lord Warden	Lord Clyde class battleship
20 April	United States	S. T. Hambleton & Co	Cincinnati, Ohio	Klamath	Casco class monitor
26 April	United Kingdom	Chatham Dockyard	Chatham, Kent	Bellerophon	Battery ship
4 May	United States	A. & W. Denmead & Son	Baltimore, Maryland	Waxsaw	Casco class monitor
14 May	United Kingdom	Robert Duncan & Co	Port Glasgow	Hydrabad	Iron cargo/passenger sailing ship
18 May	United States	Wilcox & Whiting	Camden, New Jersey	Koka	Casco class monitor
23 May	United States	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Swatara	Screw sloop
30 May	United States	Alexander Swift and Co	Cincinnati, Ohio	Yuma	Monitor
14 July	United States	Charles W. McCordat	St. Louis, Missouri	Shiloh	Casco class monitor
22 July	United States	Donald McKay	East Boston, Massachusetts	Ashuelot	Side-wheel gunboat
25 July	United States	George W. Lawrence & Co	Portland, Maine	Wassuc	Casco class monitor
9 September	United States	Boston Navy Yard	Charlestown, Massachusetts	Guerriere	Sloop
3 November	Netherlands			Kaiyō Maru	wooden battleship	built for Imperial Japanese Navy