The list of ship decommissionings in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1947.
Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | |
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8 January | United States Navy | Suwannee | Sangamon class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 |
9 January | United States Navy | Bon Homme Richard | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 |
9 January | United States Navy | Essex | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 |
9 January | United States Navy | Ticonderoga | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 |
9 January | United States Navy | Yorktown | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 |
13 January | United States Navy | Belleau Wood | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Bois Belleau |
13 January | United States Navy | Cowpens | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 |
15 January | United States Navy | Hornet | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 |
9 May | United States Navy | Hollandia | Casablanca class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1960 |
17 January | United States Navy | Windham Bay | Casablanca class escort carrier | Reserve | Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service in 1951 |
January | United States Navy | Bunker Hill | Essex class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1972 |
11 February | United States Navy | Bataan | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 |
11 February | United States Navy | Cabot | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1948 |
11 February | United States Navy | Langley | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Lafayette (R96) |
11 February | United States Navy | Monterey | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 |
15 February | United States Navy | Lake Champlain | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1952 |
17 February | United States Navy | Franklin | Essex class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Stricken in 1964 |
17 February | United States Navy | Wasp | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 |
18 February | Royal Navy | Newark | Scrapped | ||
18 February | Royal Navy | Newport | Scrapped | ||
21 February | United States Navy | Mission Bay | Casablanca class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1958 |
1 March | United States Navy | San Jacinto | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 |
9 March | United States Navy | Hancock | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 |
22 March | United States Navy | Intrepid | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 |
30 June | United States Navy | Point Cruz | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 |
July | Royal Navy | Hospital Ship No 28 | Hospital ship | Returned to Southern Railway Co | Renamed Dinard, resumed ferry service in the English Channel |
1 August | United States Navy | Wyoming | Sold as scrap | ||
12 September | United States Navy | Saidor | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 |
4 October | United States Navy | Salerno Bay | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 |
7 November | United States Navy | Shangri-La | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1955 |
Ship events in 1947 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
Ship commissionings: | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
Shipwrecks: | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |