The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.
| Date
|
Ship
|
Class or Type
|
Customer
|
| Shipyard
|
Location
|
| Notes
|
|
|
| 4 February
|
Worcester
|
Worcester-class cruiser
|
 United States Navy
|
| New York Shipbuilding
|
 Camden, New Jersey
|
| An example of a note
|
|
|
| 25 March
|
Salem
|
Des Moines-class cruiser
|
United States Navy
|
| Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
| 25 March
|
Acheron
|
Amphion-class submarine
|
 Royal Navy
|
|
|
|
| Another example of a note
|
|
|
| 22 April
|
Centaur
|
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
|
Royal Navy
|
| Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast, Northern Ireland
|
|
|
| 16 May
|
Albion
|
Centaur-class aircraft carrier
|
Royal Navy
|
| Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend, England
|
|
|
| 16 June
|
Roanoke
|
Worcester-class cruiser
|
United States Navy
|
| New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
|
|
| 16 September
|
Tiru
|
Balao-class submarine
|
United States Navy
|
| Mare Island Navy Yard
|
Vallejo, California
|
|
|
| 14 October
|
Orcades
|
Ocean liner
|
P & O
|
| Vickers Armstrong
|
Barrow-in-Furness, England
|
| 30 October
|
Caronia
|
Ocean liner/Cruise ship
|
Cunard Line
|
| John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank, Scotland
|
|
|
19 November
14:30
|
Colombia Victory
|
Victory ship
|
War Shipping Administration
|
| California Shipbuilding Corporation
|
Los Angeles, California
|
| November
|
Arlington
|
Haskell-class attack transport (Victory ship)
|
United States Navy
|
| California Shipbuilding Corporation
|
Los Angeles, California
|
| Arlington was renamed Marvin H. McIntyre before commissioning
|
