List of ship decommissionings in 1947
The list of ship decommissionings in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1947. In cases where no official decommissioning ceremony was held, the date of withdrawal from service may be used instead. For ships lost at sea, see list of shipwrecks in 1947 instead.
| 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 | |
| 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 |