List of ship launches in 1947

The list of ship launches in 1947 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1947.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
4 February	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Worcester	Worcester-class cruiser	First of class
25 February	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Parthia	Cargo liner	For Cunard Line
25 March	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Salem	Des Moines-class cruiser
25 March	United Kingdom			Acheron	Amphion-class submarine
22 April	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Centaur	Centaur-class aircraft carrier	First in class
7 May	United Kingdom	John Brown and Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Suffolk Ferry	Train ferry	For London and North Eastern Railway
16 May	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend, England	Albion	Centaur-class aircraft carrier
16 June	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Roanoke	Worcester-class cruiser
15 August	United Kingdom	Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd	Newcastle upon Tyne	Zarian	Cargo ship	For United Africa Co. Ltd
16 September	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	Tiru	Balao-class submarine
14 October	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness, England	Orcades	Ocean liner	For Orient Line
30 October	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank, Scotland	Caronia	Ocean liner/Cruise ship	For Cunard Line
7 November	Allied-occupied Germany	Flender Werke	Lübeck	Empire Ely	Cargo ship	For Ministry of Transport
20 December	Australia	Cockatoo Island Dockyard	Sydney, New South Wales	Tobruk	Battle-class destroyer