List of ship launches in 1863

The list of ship launches in 1863 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1863.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class and type Notes
10 January  United States Keyport, New Jersey Oleander Ram
13 January  United States F Z Tucker Brooklyn, New York Mendota
13 January  United States Union Iron Works Carondelet, Missouri Osage Monitor
17 January  United States Reaney, Son, & Archibold Chester, Pennsylvania Lehigh Passaic-class monitor
21 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Persian Cargo ship For J. Bibby & Sons.[1]
17 February  United States New York Navy Yard New York Tallapoosa
18 February  United States George C Bester Peoria, Illinois Ozark Monitor
18 February  United States Union Iron Works Carondelet, Missouri Neosho Monitor
February  United States J J Abrahams Baltimore, Maryland Eutaw
February  United States Boston, Massachusetts Niphon
February  Confederate States of America H D Bassett Selma, Alabama Tennessee Ironclad Ram
4 March  United States Paul Curtis Boston, Massachusetts Chicopee
7 March  United States Thomas Stack Brooklyn, New York Metacomet
8 March  United States Curtis & Tilden Boston, Massachusetts Massasoit
17 March  United States New York Navy Yard New York Shamrock
19 March  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Agamenticus Miantonomoh-class Monitor
19 March  United States J Simonson Greenpoint, New York Chenango
19 March  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Ocean Prince Consort-class ironclad
23 March  United States Boston Navy Yard Charlestown, Massachusetts Monadnock Miantonomoh-class monitor
31 March  United States J A & D D Westerveldt New York Otsego
3 April  United States H A Jones Cincinnati, Ohio Kenwood
4 April  United States G W Jackson Newburyport, Massachusetts Ascutney Gunboat
7 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alexandra Sailingship For T. & J. Brocklebank.[2]
16 April  France Charles Brun Rochefort Plongeur Submarine First mechanically propelled submarine
17 April  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Shawmut Gunboat
21 April  United States G W Lawrence Portland, Maine Agawam Gunboat
22 April  United States New York Mackinaw
6 May  United Kingdom Cowper Phipps Coles Glasgow Rolf Krake Ironclad Denmark's first ironclad warship
7 May  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tacony
9 May United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Columbia James Trahey Alexandria Enterprise
12 May  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia Navy Yard Wyalusing Gunboat
29 May  United States Curtis & Tilden Boston, Massachusetts Osceola Gunboat
4 June  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Pequot
15 June  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine Nipsic Gunboat
19 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Star of Denmark Sailing ship For J. P. Corry & Co.[3]
29 June  Confederate States of America William Graves Richmond, Virginia Virginia II Ironclad ram
30 June  Confederate States of America H F Willink Savannah, Georgia Savannah Ironclad
June  United Kingdom Samuda Brothers Poplar Tamar Troopship
2 July  Japan Ishikawajima Tokyo Chiyodagata Gunboat
3 July  United States New York Navy Yard New York Maumee Gunboat
4 July  United States Union Iron Works St. Louis, Missouri Winnebago Monitor
4 July  United States Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead Scorpion Ironclad
29 July  United States Continental Iron Works Greenpoint, New York Onondaga
30 July  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Winooski
July  Confederate States of America Hunley, McClintock, and Watson Mobile, Alabama H. L. Hunley Submarine
July  United States East Albany, New York Mary Cook
1 August  United States Harrison Loring Boston, Massachusetts Canonicus Canonicus-class monitor Lead ship of her class[4]
6 August  United States D S Mainthon Bordentown, New Jersey Mingoe
12 August  United States Reany, Son, and Archibold Chester, Pennsylvania Wateree
15 August  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Miantonomoh Miantonomoh-class monitor
15 August  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Research Sloop
15 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Victoria Nyanza Sailing ship For Joshua Prouse & Co.[5]
24 August  United States Neafie and Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Carnation
28 August  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Saco Gunboat
29 August  United Kingdom Laird, Son & Co Birkenhead Wivern Ironclad
August  United Kingdom Glasgow Sea King
12 September  United States Secor and Company Jersey City, New Jersey Tecumseh Monitor
20 September  United Kingdom Laing Sunderland Amity Steamship For private owner.[6]
29 September  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Kansas Gunboat
29 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Olano Barque For Larrinaga Steamship Co.[7]
September  United States Vicksburg Tugboat
3 October  United Kingdom Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke Alberta Royal yacht
7 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Kitty of Coleraine Tug For Lower Bann Steamboat Co.[8]
13 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Palestine Barque For W. H. Tindall.[9]
14 October  United States Perine, Secor & Co. New York Manhattan Monitor
14 October  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks Leamouth Valiant Hector-class ironclad
19 October  Ottoman Empire Taşkızak Shipyard Golden Horn Ertuğrul Frigate
20 October  United States New York Navy Yard New York Peoria
October  Confederate States of America Berry & Brothers Wilmington, North Carolina North Carolina Ironclad gunboat
October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Waipara Cargo ship For J. Ritchie & Co.[10]
11 November  France Rochefort Euryale Génie-class brig For French Navy
13 November  United States West Brownsville, Pennsylvania J T Stockdale
14 November  Isle of Man Gibson, McDonald & Arnols Ramsey Euterpe Windjammer for Wakefield Nash & Company
12 December  United Kingdom Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company Leamouth Minotaur Minotaur-class ironclad
16 December  United States Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington, Delaware Saugus Monitor [11]
21 December  United States New York Navy Yard New York Algonquin Gunboat
23 December  United Kingdom Chatham Dockyard Chatham Achilles Broadside ironclad
29 December  United States Delamater Iron Works New York Dictator Monitor
Unknown date  United States S H Pook Fair Haven, Connecticut Admiral
Unknown date  United States Neafie and Levy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ajax
*nknown date  United States Albert de Groat Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Lewis Hagland New Brunswick, New Jersey Alfred A Wotkyns
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Alice Dean
Unknown date  United Kingdom Renfrew Alexander
Uunknown date  German Confederation America For Norddeutscher Lloyd
Unknown date  United States Monongahela, Pennsylvania Argosy
Unknown date  United States Monongahela, Pennsylvania Argosy No.2
Unknown date  United States Mystic, Connecticut Augusta Dinsmore
Unknown date  United States New Albany, Indiana Avenger
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Banker
Unknown date  United States Metropolis, Illinois Benefit
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Ben Gaylord
Unknown date  United States Cleveland, Ohio Clematis Tugboat
Unknown date  United States New Orleans, Louisiana Commodore
Unknown date  United States Dai Ching
Unknown date  Confederate States of America T Stoney Charleston, South Carolina David Torpedo boat
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Emma Brown
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Fanny Barker
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Florence Miller II
Unknown date  United States S H Pook Fair Haven, Connecticut Fort Morgan
Unknown date  Confederate States of America Richmond, Virginia Fredericksburg
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Fred Wheeler
Unknown date  United States Fincourt New York Fuchsia Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Monongahela, Pennsylvania General Grant
Unknown date  Confederate States of America Savannah, Georgia Georgia Floating battery
Unknown date  United Kingdom Greenock Gertrude
Unknown date  United States Reany, Archibald & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Glide Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Van Deusen Bros New York Glaucus For the Neptune Steamship Company
Unknown date  United States Murraysville, Virginia Glide Gunboat
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Hartford
Unknown date  United States Portland, Maine Harvest Moon
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Innes Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Gloucester, New Jersey J E Bazely Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Newburgh John A Dix
Unknown date  United States New Brunswick, New Jersey John T Jenkins Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lilac Tugboat
Unknown date  United Kingdom River Clyde Lilian
Unknown date  USA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Luke Hoyt Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Marigold
Unknown date  United States Cleveland, Ohio Mary Grandy Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Newburgh, New York Meteor
Unknown date  Confederate States of America Montgomery, Alabama Nashville Ironclad
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Naumkeag
Unknown date  United Kingdom Neptune Cutter
Unknown date  United States New York Navy Yard New York Nereus
Unknown date  United States Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania Nyanza
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Nymph
Unknown date  United States Harmer, Ohio Ohio Valley
Unknown date  United States Brooklyn, New York Peter B Van Houten
Unknown date United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland New South Wales Australian Steam Navigation Company Sydney Pioneer Gunboat for the New Zealand Colonial Government
Unknown date  United States Brooklyn, New York Polar Star
Unknown date  United States Wilmington, Delaware Pontiac
Unknown date  United States Freedom, Pennsylvania Princess
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Rachel Miller
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania R F Loper Tugboat and Torpedo boat
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Rodolph
Unknown date  United States Haddam, Connecticut Sarah S B Gary
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Scioto
Unknown date  United States East Haddam, Connecticut Signal
Unknown date  United Kingdom Robert Steele Greenock Taeping Clipper
Unknown date  United States Cincinnati, Ohio Tallahatchie
Unknown date  United States Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tonawanda
Unknown date  France Ville de Bordeaux Ville de Nantes-class ship of the line
Unknown date  United States Brooklyn, New York Willett Rowe
Unknown date  United Kingdom Wolverine Jason-class corvette
Unknown date  United States Newburgh, New York Zouave Tugboat
Unknown date  United States Richmond, Maine Ellen Southard Full-rigged ship Wrecked at Liverpool in 1875

References
  1. "Persian". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  2. "Alexandra". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  3. "Star of Denmark". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  4. "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships". hazegray.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Victoria Nyanza". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  6. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 83.
  7. "Olano". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  8. "Kitty of Coleraine". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  9. "Palestine". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  10. "Waipara". The Yard. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  11. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (2 September 2015). "Saugus I (Monitor)". history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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