The list of ship launches in 1917 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1917.
__NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 6 January Cargo ship Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California For private owner. 11 January Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Bibby Steamship Co. 16 January N-class submarine Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 18 January Collier New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey For Darrow-Mann Company. 20 January Unnamed Cargo ship Alameda Works Shipyard Alameda, California For H. S. Bjoeness. 20 January Cargo ship Alameda Works Shipyard Alameda, California For private owner. 23 January F-class submarine Odero Sestri Ponente For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 23 January Cargo ship W. Harkness & Sons Ltd. Middlesbrough For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines. 24 January Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn For Royal Navy. 25 January Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia For United States Navy. 27 January Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki For Imperial Japanese Navy. 3 February Destroyer Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 10 February destroyer Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Royal Navy. 21 February N-class submarine Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Navy. 24 February destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy. 3 March AG Vulcan Stettin For Imperial German Navy 4 March F-class submarine Orlando Livorno For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 8 March Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Atlantic Transport Co. 8 March destroyer Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn For Royal Navy. 9 March Destroyer Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 10 March destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton For Royal Navy. 14 March Cargo ship Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For Knute Knutsen. 15 March Hermione Bellone-class submarine Arsenal de Toulon Toulon For French Navy 19 March F-class submarine Odero Sestri Ponente For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 20 March Cargo ship Richardson, Duck & Co. Ltd. Thornaby-on-Tees For R. S. Dalgleish Ltd. 24 March John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy. 6 February Belle Isle Screw steamer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée Le Havre For Cie Francaise de Nav a Vapeur Chargeurs Reunis 24 March V-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 31 March Cargo ship Northwest Steel Portland, Oregon 5 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Pacific Steam Navigation Company. 10 April A-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Spanish Navy, built with Italian designation F22. 11 April Cargo ship Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For Knute Knutsen. 13 April New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York For United States Navy. 19 April Regina Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Govan For Dominion Line. 20 April Destroyer Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 21 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Canadian Pacific Railway. 21 April destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton For Royal Navy. 23 April L-class submarine Portsmouth Navy Yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire For United States Navy. 25 April Blohm + Voss Hamburg For Imperial German Navy. 8 May V-class destroyer William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Royal Navy. 15 May Pembroke Dockyard Pembroke For Royal Navy. 15 May F-class submarine Odero Sestri Ponente For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 17 May Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Glen Line. 19 May Blyth Shipbuilding & Dry Docks Co. Ltd Blyth For Royal Navy. 20 May F-class submarine Orlando Livorno For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 21 May Passenger ship Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Den Norske Amerikalinje. 21 May Destroyer Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 21 May Wallace W-class Destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy. 22 May V-class destroyer Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 23 May Aurigny Screw steamer Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne For: Cie. Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis 25 May V-class destroyer William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton For Royal Navy. 27 May F-class submarine Orlando Livorno For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 29 May Cargo ship Staten Island Shipbuilding Company Port Richmond, New York Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 3 June F-class submarine Orlando Livorno For Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) 6 June Cargo ship Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington For Haakon Wallen Co. 7 June Patrol boat Harland & Wolff Govan For Royal Navy. 14 June V-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy. 16 June A-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Spanish Navy, built with Italian designation F24. 17 June A-class submarine FIAT-San Giorgio La Spezia For Spanish Navy, built with Italian designation F23. 21 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 23 June Barque Blohm & Voss Hamburg For F. Laeisz. 30 June Camden, New Jersey New York Shipbuilding For United States Navy. 30 June AG Vulcan Hamburg For Imperial German Navy. 5 July Vickers Limited Barrow in Furness For .Royal Navy 6 July Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend For Royal Navy. 7 July Thornycroft type flotilla leader John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton For Royal Navy. 2 August Cargo ship Northwest Steel Portland, Oregon For United States Shipping Board. 15 August Cargo ship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 16 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 18 August V-class destroyer John Brown & Company Clydebank For Royal Navy. 21 August V-class destroyer R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd. Newcastle upon Tyne For Royal Navy. 23 August Tanker Pusey & Jones Gloucester City, New Jersey Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 25 August Cargo ship Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California For Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 30 August Tanker Bethlehem Alameda Alameda, California Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 30 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Dominion Line. 1 September V-class destroyer William Doxford & Sons Sunderland For Royal Navy. 2 September Cargo ship J. F. Duthie & Company Seattle, Washington For private owner. 4 September V-class destroyer J. Samuel White Cowes For Royal Navy. 14 September Cargo ship Northwest Steel Portland, Oregon For private owner. 15 September Götaverken Gothenburg For Royal Swedish Navy. 15 September Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad Malmö For Royal Swedish Navy. 15 September Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 29 September Cargo ship Chester Shipbuilding Company Chester, Pennsylvania Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 6 October Cargo ship Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 13 October Transport ship William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Requisitioned by United States Shipping Board. 15 October Kaichū I-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy. 16 October A0 Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 17 October Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Govan For Canadian Pacific Railway. 18 October Admiralty type flotilla leader Cammell Laird Birkenhead For Royal Navy. 20 October Cargo ship Robert Duncan & Co. Port Glasgow For T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd. 20 October Refrigerated cargo ship Standard Shipbuilding Company Shooters Island, New York Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 26 October Tanker New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 27 October Cargo ship Bethlehem Fore River Quincy, Massachusetts Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 27 October Tanker Bethlehem Alameda Alameda, California Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 27 October Cargo ship McDougall-Duluth Shipbuilding Duluth, Minnesota Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 30 October Cargo ship Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 31 October Cargo ship Greenock & Grangemouth Dockyard Company Grangemouth For Denholm Line Steamers Ltd. 1 November Cargo ship Skinner & Eddy Seattle, Washington For United States Shipping Board. 3 November Cargo ship Albina Engine & Machine Works Portland, Oregon Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 4 November Cargo ship Northwest Steel Portland, Oregon Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 6 November Cargo ship J. F. Duthie & Company Seattle, Washington Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 10 November Refrigerated cargo ship Baltimore Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company Baltimore, Maryland Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 10 November Tanker Pusey & Jones Gloucester City, New Jersey Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 10 November Cargo ship Bethlehem Alameda Alameda, California Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 11 November Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 11 November Tanker Bethlehem Alameda Alameda, California Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 15 November B-type cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For British Shipping Controller. 17 November Howaldtswerke Kiel For Imperial German Navy. 17 November Cargo ship Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 17 November Tanker Chester Shipbuilding Company Chester, Pennsylvania Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 19 November Cargo ship Columbia River Shipbuilding Portland, Oregon Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 21 November Cargo ship Seattle Construction and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 24 November Cargo ship Skinner & Eddy Seattle, Washington For United States Shipping Board. 24 November Cargo ship Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Seattle, Washington Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 24 November Tanker Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 24 November Cargo ship American Shipbuilding Company Cleveland, Ohio Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 24 November Cargo Ship American Shipbuilding Company Detroit, Michigan Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 25 November Cargo ship Ames Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Seattle, Washington For United States Shipping Board. 29 November Cargo ship Albina Engine & Machine Works Portland, Oregon Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 1 December Kaichū I-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure For Imperial Japanese Navy 1 December Cargo ship Grays Harbor Motorship Corporation Grays Harbor, Washington For United States Shipping Board. 5 December Cargo ship Northwest Steel Portland, Oregon Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 8 December Cargo ship J. F. Duthie & Company Seattle, Washington Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 8 December Collier New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 9 December Cargo ship Moore Dry Dock Company Oakland, California Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 12 December Auxiliary schooner Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company Seattle, Washington For the French government. 12 December Cargo ship Great Lakes Engineering Works Ecorse, Michigan Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 12 December Cargo ship Great Lakes Engineering Works Ecorse, Michigan Requisitioned by the United States Shipping Board. 14 December Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts For United States Navy. 15 December Cargo ship Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company San Pedro, California For Uni