# List of ship launches in 1776

The list of ship launches in 1776 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1776.
| Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
| 24 January | Great Britain | Edward Hunt | Portsmouth Dockyard | Cygnet | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| January | Thirteen Colonies | | Rhode Island | Washington | Galley | For Rhode Island General Assembly. |
| 8 March | Great Britain | Adams & Barnard | Deptford | Hound | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 18 March | Great Britain | John & William Wells | Deptford | Vulture | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 19 March | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Hornet | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 March | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Perseus | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 March | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Woolwich Dockyard | Daphne | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 March | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Galatea | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 23 March | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Unicorn | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 30 March | Spain | | Carthagena | San Dámaso | San Joaquin-class ship of the line | For Spanish Navy. |
| 6 April | Great Britain | Edward Greaves | Limehouse | Spy | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 20 April | Great Britain | Israel Pownoll | Chatham Dockyard | Camilla | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 2 May | United States | | | Sachem | Sloop-of-war | For Continental Navy. |
| 8 May | Kingdom of France | Jacques Denys | Dunkerque | Le Coureur | Lugger | For French Navy. |
| 18 May | Great Britain | Adam Hayes | Deptford Dockyard | Culloden | Culloden-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 May | Great Britain | John Barnard | Harwich | Cormorant | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 21 May | Thirteen Colonies | James Hackett | Kittery, Maine | Raleigh | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| May | Thirteen Colonies | Silvester Bowes | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 3 June | Thirteen Colonies | Stephen & Ralph Cross | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Boston | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 3 June | Thirteen Colonies | | Newburyport, Massachusetts | Hancock | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 13 June | Thirteen Colonies | Uriah Hayden | | Oliver Cromwell | Corvette | For Connecticut State Navy. |
| 20 June | Great Britain | John Randall | Rotherhithe | Aetna | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 3 July | Great Britain | John Perry | Blackwall Yard | Vesuvius | Etna-class bomb vessel | For Royal Navy. |
| 10 July | United States | Wharton & Humphreys | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Randolph | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 26 July | United States | Manuel Eyre | Kensington, Philadelphia | Bulldog | Galley | For Pennsylvania State Navy. |
| 27 July | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | La Favorite | Corvette | For French Navy. |
| July | United States | Warwick Coates | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Delaware | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| July | United States | | Salisbury, Massachusetts | Tyrannicide | Brigantine | For Massachusetts State Navy. |
| 3 August | Kingdom of France | Jean-Joseph Ginoux | Havre de Grâce | Officeuse | Storeship | For French Navy. |
| 7 August | United States | Benjamin, Jehu and Manuel Eyre | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Washington | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 12 August | United States | George Wells | Fells Point, Maryland | Virginia | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| August | United States | Hermanus Schuyler | Skenesborough, New York | Philadelphia | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| 5 September | United States | John Cotton | Chatham, Connecticut | Trumbull | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 10 September | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Trumbull | Galley | For Continental Navy. |
| 14 September | Great Britain | George White | Sheerness Dockyard | Fly | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 September | Kingdom of France | François-Guillaume Clairain des Lauriers | Rochefort | La Ménagère | Sixth rate | For French Navy. |
| September | Kingdom of France | | Rochefort | Fendant | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| September | United States | | New York | Row Galley Number One | Galley | For Royal Navy. |
| September | United States | | New York | Row Galley Number Two | Galley | For Royal Navy. |
| September | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Washington | Galley | For Continental Navy. |
| October | United States | Lancaster Burling | Poughkeepsie, New York | Montgomery | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| 29 October | United States | Lancaster Burling | Skenesborough, New York | Congress | Galley | For Continental Navy. |
| 7 November | United States | Joseph Grice | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Effingham | Fifth rate | For Continental Navy. |
| 25 November | Kingdom of France | Chevalier Antoine Groignard | Rochefort | Réfléchi | Solitaire-class ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| 26 November | Great Britain | | Whitby | Lynx | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| 26 November | Great Britain | Nicholas Phillips | Woolwich Dockyard | Ruby | Intrepid-class ship of the line | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 December | Great Britain | William Pownall | Chatham Dockyard | Ariadne | Sphinx-class post ship | For Royal Navy. |
| 27 December | Great Britain | William Pownall | Chatham Dockyard | Pegasus | Swan-class ship-sloop | For Royal Navy. |
| December | United States | | New York | Row Galley Number Three | Galley | For Royal Navy. |
| December | United States | | New York | Row Galley Number Four | Galley | For Royal Navy. |
| Spring | Thirteen Colonies | | New York | Lady Washington | Galley | For Continental Navy. |
| Summer | United States | Lancaster Birling | Poughkeepsie, New York | Congress | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| Summer | Thirteen Colonies | Jeduthan Baldwin | Fort Ticonderoga, New York | Revenge | Schooner | For Continental Navy. |
| Summer | United States | | Lake Champlain, New York | New York | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| Summer | United States | Jeduthan Baldwin | Fort Ticonderoga, New York | Revenge | Schooner | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Toulon | Aimable | Alcmène-class frigate | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | America | Sloop | For Connecticut State Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Boston | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Britannia | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Bristol | Chambers | West Indiaman | For Dinham & Co. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Connecticut | Gondola | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Lake Champlain | Gates | Lugger | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | East Greenwich, Rhode Island | Greenwich | Privateer | For Nathaniel Greene & Co. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Greece | | Rhodes | Hümay-ı Bahri | Fourth rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Independence | Galley | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Indus | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | Denmark-Norway | | | Infodsretten | Third rate | For Dano-Norwegian Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Jersey | Gondola | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Mountfield | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | India | | Bombay | Nerbudda | Schooner | For Bombay Pilot Service. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Lake Champlain | New Haven | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Ottoman Empire | | Sinop | Nüvid-i Fütuh | Third rate | For Ottoman Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | Skenesborough, New York | Providence | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | | | Putnam | Brig | For New Hampshire State Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Nicholas Bools | Bridport | Ranger | Sloop | For D. Wincey. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | | Rose | Cutter | For Board of Customs. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Bordeaux | Sartine | Frigate | For Compagnie de la Guyane. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | Randall | Rotherhithe | Shark | Sloop-of-war | For Royal Navy. |
| Unknown date | United States | J. Lester | Norwich, Connecticut | Shark | Galley | For Connecticut State Navy. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | Brest | Sphinx | Ship of the line | For French Navy. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | | Rhode Island | Spitfire | Galley | For Rhode Island General Assembly. |
| date | United States | | Lake Champlain | Spitfire | Gundalow | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Liverpool | Thomas Hall | West Indiaman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Thirteen Colonies | Sylvester Bowers | Providence, Rhode Island | Warren | Frigate | For Continental Navy. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | Whitby | Yorkshire | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Kingdom of France | | | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |
| Unknown date | Great Britain | | River Thames | Name unknown | Merchantman | For private owner. |