List of ship decommissionings in 1947
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 | |
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7 January | Colorado | Colorado class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |
8 January | Suwannee | Sangamon class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |
9 January | Bon Homme Richard | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | |
9 January | Essex | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | |
9 January | Ticonderoga | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | |
9 January | Yorktown | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 | |
13 January | Belleau Wood | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Bois Belleau | |
13 January | Cowpens | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |
15 January | Hornet | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1953 | |
17 January | Windham Bay | Casablanca class escort carrier | Reserve | Transferred to Military Sea Transportation Service in 1951 | |
January | Bunker Hill | Essex class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1972 | |
11 February | Bataan | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 | |
11 February | Cabot | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1948 | |
11 February | Langley | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Transferred to France in 1951 | Renamed Lafayette (R96) | |
11 February | Monterey | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1950 | |
14 February | Tennessee | Tennessee class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |
14 February | California | Tennessee class battleship | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1959 | |
15 February | Lake Champlain | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1952 | |
17 February | Franklin | Essex class aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Stricken in 1964 | |
17 February | Wasp | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | |
18 February | Newark | Scrapped | |||
18 February | Newport | Scrapped | |||
21 February | Mission Bay | Casablanca class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1958 | |
1 March | San Jacinto | Independence class light aircraft carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 | |
9 March | Hancock | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | |
22 March | Intrepid | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1954 | |
9 May | Hollandia | Casablanca class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1960 | |
30 June | Point Cruz | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | 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 | Wyoming | Scrapped | |||
12 September | Saidor | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | Scrapped | Reserve until stricken in 1970 | |
4 October | Salerno Bay | Commencement Bay class escort carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1951 | |
7 November | Shangri-La | Essex class aircraft carrier | Reserve | Recommissioned in 1955 |
See also
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 |
References
- Petty, Dan. "The US Navy Battleship List". www.navy.mil. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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