The list of ship decommissionings in 1997 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1997.
| Operator | Ship | Flag | Class and type | Fate | Other notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July | Project 1135 guard ship | Scrapped | Kaliningrad | ||||
| 1 August | Transferred to Philippine Navy | ||||||
| 1 August | Plover | Transferred to Philippine Navy | |||||
| 1 August | Starling | Transferred to Philippine Navy | |||||
| 1 October | Scrapped Hartlepool 2009-10 | ||||||
| 23 October | Sunk as target, 2010 | [1] |