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 | Town-class destroyer | Scrapped | |
18 February | ![]() | Newport | Town-class destroyer | 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 | Wyoming-class battleship | 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
References
- ^ Petty, Dan. "The US Navy Battleship List". www.navy.mil. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 29 May 2017.