List of ship commissionings in 1876
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 |
| 10 January | ' | Screw sloop | |||
| 3 October | ' | Wooden screw steamer | |||
| 24 November | Second commissioning | ||||
| 27 November | Ranger | Steamship | Later renamed Rockport, then Nantucket |