The list of ship commissionings in 1862 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1862.
Date | Operator | Ship | Class and type | Pennant | Other notes |
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10 January | ![]() |
Vandalia | Screw sloop | ||
3 October | ![]() |
Essex | Wooden screw steamer | ||
24 November | ![]() |
Passaic | Passaic-class monitor | Second commissioning | |
27 November | ![]() |
Ranger [1] | Steamship | Later renamed Rockport, then Nantucket |