# List of ship decommissionings in 1947

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 |
| 7 January | United States Navy | Colorado | Colorado-class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 14 February | United States Navy | Tennessee | Tennessee-class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 |
| 14 February | United States Navy | California | Tennessee-class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 |
| 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 | Town-class destroyer | Scrapped | |
| 18 February | Royal Navy | Newport | Town-class destroyer | 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 |
| 9 May | United States Navy | Hollandia | Casablanca-class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1960 |
| 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 | Wyoming-class battleship | Scrapped | |
| 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 |