The list of ship decommissionings in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1947.[1]
| Operator | Ship | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 January | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | ||||
| 8 January | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | ||||
| 9 January | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | ||||
| 9 January | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | ||||
| 9 January | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | ||||
| 9 January | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 | ||||
| 13 January | light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Bois Belleau | |||
| 13 January | light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |||
| 15 January | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 | ||||
| 17 January | Reserve | Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service in 1951 | ||||
| January | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1972 | ||||
| 11 February | light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 | |||
| 11 February | light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1948 | |||
| 11 February | light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Lafayette (R96) | |||
| 11 February | light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 | |||
| 14 February | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | ||||
| 14 February | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | ||||
| 15 February | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1952 | ||||
| 17 February | Scrapped | Stricken in 1964 | ||||
| 17 February | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | ||||
| 18 February | Newark | Scrapped | ||||
| 18 February | Newport | Scrapped | ||||
| 21 February | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1958 | ||||
| 1 March | light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 | |||
| 9 March | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | ||||
| 22 March | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | ||||
| 9 May | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1960 | ||||
| 30 June | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | ||||
| July | Hospital Ship No 28 | Hospital ship | Returned to Southern Railway Co | Renamed Dinard, resumed ferry service in the English Channel | ||
| 1 August | Scrapped | |||||
| 12 September | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 | ||||
| 4 October | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | ||||
| 7 November | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1955 |