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

See also

Ship events in 1863
Ship launches:	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
Ship commissionings:	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
Ship decommissionings:	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868
Shipwrecks:	1858	1859	1860	1861	1862	1863	1864	1865	1866	1867	1868

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