List of ship commissionings in 1861

The list of ship commissionings in 1861 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1861. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Pennant	Class and type	Notes
unknown date	United States Navy	A. Houghton		Bark	commissioned at New York Navy Yard with Acting Master Newell Graham in command [1]