List of ship launches in 1863
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The list of ship launches in 1863 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1863.
Date | Country | Builder and location | Ship | Class and type | Notes |
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10 January | ![]() |
Keyport, New Jersey | Oleander | Ram | |
13 January | ![]() |
F Z Tucker, Brooklyn, New York | Mendota | ||
13 January | ![]() |
Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri | Osage | Monitor | |
17 January | ![]() |
Reaney, Son, & Archibold, Chester, Pennsylvania | Lehigh | Passaic-class monitor | |
17 February | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Tallapoosa | ||
18 February | ![]() |
George C Bester, Peoria, Illinois | Ozark | Monitor | |
18 February | ![]() |
Union Iron Works, Carondelet, Missouri | Neosho | Monitor | |
February | ![]() |
J J Abrahams, Baltimore, Maryland | Eutaw | ||
February | ![]() |
Boston, Massachusetts | Niphon | ||
February | ![]() |
H D Bassett, Selma, Alabama | Tennessee | Ironclad Ram | |
4 March | ![]() |
Paul Curtis, Boston, Massachusetts | Chicopee | ||
7 March | ![]() |
Thomas Stack, Brooklyn, New York | Metacomet | ||
8 March | ![]() |
Curtis & Tilden, Boston, Massachusetts | Massasoit | ||
17 March | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Shamrock | ||
19 March | ![]() |
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Agamenticus | Miantonomoh-class Monitor | |
19 March | ![]() |
J Simonson, Greenpoint, New York | Chenango | ||
19 March | ![]() |
Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth, England | Ocean | Prince Consort-class ironclad | |
23 March | ![]() |
Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts | Monadnock | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
31 March | ![]() |
J A & D D Westerveldt, New York, New York | Otsego | ||
3 April | ![]() |
H A Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio | Kenwood | ||
4 April | ![]() |
G W Jackson, Newburyport, Massachusetts | Ascutney | Gunboat | |
16 April | ![]() |
Charles Brun, Rochefort | Plongeur | Submarine | First mechanically propelled submarine |
17 April | ![]() |
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Shawmut | Gunboat | |
21 April | ![]() |
G W Lawrence, Portland, Maine | Agawam | Gunboat | |
22 April | ![]() |
New York, New York | Mackinaw | ||
6 May | ![]() |
Cowper Phipps Coles, Glasgow, Scotland | Rolf Krake | Ironclad | Denmark's first ironclad warship |
7 May | ![]() |
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tacony | ||
9 May | ![]() |
James Trahey, Alexandria, British Columbia, Canada | Enterprise | ||
12 May | ![]() |
William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wyalusing | Gunboat | |
29 May | ![]() |
Curtis & Tilden, Boston, Massachusetts | Osceola | Gunboat | |
4 June | ![]() |
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Pequot | ||
15 June | ![]() |
Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine | Nipsic | Gunboat | |
29 June | ![]() |
William Graves, Richmond, Virginia | Virginia II | Ironclad ram | |
30 June | ![]() |
H F Willink, Savannah, Georgia | Savannah | Ironclad | |
June | ![]() |
Samuda Brothers, Poplar, London, England | Tamar | Troopship | |
2 July | ![]() |
Ishikawajima, Tokyo | Chiyodagata | Gunboat | |
3 July | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Maumee | Gunboat | |
4 July | ![]() |
Union Iron Works, St. Louis, Missouri | Winnebago | Monitor | |
4 July | ![]() |
Laird, Son & Co, Birkenhead, England | Scorpion | Ironclad | |
29 July | ![]() |
Continental Iron Works, Greenpoint, New York | Onondaga | ||
30 July | ![]() |
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Winooski | ||
July | ![]() |
Hunley, McClintock, and Watson, Mobile, Alabama | H. L. Hunley | Submarine | |
July | ![]() |
East Albany, New York | Mary Cook | ||
1 August | ![]() |
Harrison Loring, Boston, Massachusetts | Canonicus | Canonicus-class monitor | lead ship of her class[1] |
6 August | ![]() |
D S Mainthon, Bordentown, New Jersey | Mingoe | ||
12 August | ![]() |
Reany, Son, and Archibold, Chester, Pennsylvania | Wateree | ||
15 August | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York | Miantonomoh | Miantonomoh-class monitor | |
15 August | ![]() |
Pembroke Dockyard, Pembroke, Wales | Research | Sloop | |
24 August | ![]() |
Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Carnation | ||
28 August | ![]() |
Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts | Saco | Gunboat | |
29 August | ![]() |
Laird, Son & Co, Birkenhead, England | Wivern | Ironclad | |
August | ![]() |
Glasgow, Scotland | Sea King | ||
12 September | ![]() |
Secor and Company, Jersey City, New Jersey | Tecumseh | Monitor | |
29 September | ![]() |
Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Kansas | Gunboat | |
September | ![]() |
Vicksburg | Tugboat | ||
3 October | ![]() |
Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire, Wales | Alberta | Royal yacht | |
14 October | ![]() |
Perine, Secor & Co., New York, New York | Manhattan | Monitor | |
14 October | ![]() |
Thames Ironworks, Leamouth, London, England | Valiant | Hector-class ironclad | |
19 October | ![]() |
Taşkızak Shipyard, Golden Horn | Ertuğrul | Frigate | |
20 October | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Peoria | ||
October | ![]() |
Berry & Brothers, Wilmington, North Carolina | North Carolina | Ironclad gunboat | |
11 November | ![]() |
Rochefort | Euryale | brig | For French Navy |
13 November | ![]() |
West Brownsville, Pennsylvania | J T Stockdale | ||
14 November | ![]() |
Gibson, McDonald & Arnols, Ramsey, Isle of Man | Euterpe | Windjammer | for Wakefield Nash & Company |
12 December | ![]() |
Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London, England | Minotaur | Minotaur-class ironclad | |
16 December | ![]() |
Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware | Saugus | Monitor | [2] |
21 December | ![]() |
New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Algonquin | Gunboat | |
23 December | ![]() |
Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, England | Achilles | Broadside ironclad | |
29 December | ![]() |
Delamater Iron Works, New York, New York | Dictator | Monitor | |
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S H Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut | Admiral | ||
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Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Ajax | ||
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Albert de Groat | Tugboat | ||
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Lewis Hagland, New Brunswick, New Jersey | Alfred A Wotkyns | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Alice Dean | ||
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Renfrew, Scotland | |||
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For Norddeutscher Lloyd | |||
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Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy | ||
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Monongahela, Pennsylvania | Argosy No.2 | ||
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Mystic, Connecticut | Augusta Dinsmore | ||
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New Albany, Indiana | Avenger | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | |||
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Metropolis, Illinois | Benefit | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Ben Gaylord | ||
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Cleveland, Ohio | Clematis | Tugboat | |
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New Orleans, Louisiana | Commodore | ||
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Dai Ching | |||
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T Stoney, Charleston, South Carolina | David | Torpedo boat | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Emma Brown | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Fanny Barker | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Florence Miller II | ||
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S H Pook, Fair Haven, Connecticut | Fort Morgan | ||
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Richmond, Virginia | Fredericksburg | ||
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Fred Wheeler | ||
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Fincourt, New York, New York | Fuchsia | Tugboat | |
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Monongahela, Pennsylvania | General Grant | ||
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Savannah, Georgia (U. S. state) | Georgia | Floating battery | |
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Greenock, Scotland | Gertrude | ||
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Reany, Archibald & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Glide | Tugboat | |
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Van Deusen Bros, New York, New York | Glaucus | for the Neptune Steamship Company | |
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Murraysville, Virginia | Glide | Gunboat | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Hartford | ||
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Portland, Maine | Harvest Moon | ||
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Innes | Tugboat | |
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Gloucester, New Jersey | J E Bazely | Tugboat | |
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Newburgh, New York | John A Dix | ||
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New Brunswick, New Jersey | John T Jenkins | Tugboat | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Lilac | Tugboat | |
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River Clyde, Scotland | Lilian | ||
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Luke Hoyt | Tugboat | |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Marigold | ||
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Cleveland, Ohio | Mary Grandy | Tugboat | |
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Newburgh, New York | Meteor | ||
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Montgomery, Alabama | Nashville | Ironclad | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Naumkeag | ||
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Cutter | |||
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New York Navy Yard, New York, New York | Nereus | ||
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Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania | Nyanza | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Nymph | ||
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Harmer, Ohio | Ohio Valley | ||
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Brooklyn, New York | Peter B Van Houten | ||
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Australian Steam Navigation Company, Sydney, Australia | Pioneer | Gunboat | for the New Zealand Colonial Government |
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Brooklyn, New York | Polar Star | ||
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Wilmington, Delaware | Pontiac | ||
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Freedom, Pennsylvania | Princess | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Rachel Miller | ||
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | R F Loper | Tugboat and Torpedo boat | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Rodolph | ||
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East Haddam, Connecticut | Sarah S B Gary | ||
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Scioto | ||
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East Haddam, Connecticut | Signal | ||
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Robert Steele, Greenock, Scotland | Taeping | Clipper | |
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Cincinnati, Ohio | Tallahatchie | ||
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tonawanda | ||
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Ville de Bordeaux | Ville de Nantes|ship of the line}} | ||
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Brooklyn, New York | Willett Rowe | ||
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Wolverine | Jason-class corvette | ||
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Newburgh, New York | Zouave | Tugboat | |
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Richmond, Maine | Ellen Southard | Full-rigged ship | Wrecked at Liverpool in 1875 |
References[]
- ^ "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships". hazegray.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (2 September 2015). "Saugus I (Monitor)". history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
Ship events in 1863 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
Ship commissionings: | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | ||||
Ship decommissionings: | 1864 | 1865 | |||||||||
Shipwrecks: | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 |
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