List of ship launches in 1917

The list of ship launches in 1917 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1917.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
23 January	United Kingdom	W Harkness & Sons Ltd	Middlesbrough, County Durham	Flaminian	Cargo ship	For Ellerman & Papyanni Lines
24 January	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn, England	Calypso	Template:Sclass2-
25 January	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Mississippi	Template:Sclass-
27 January	Empire of Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	Nagasaki	Hyūga	Template:Sclass-
10 February	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend, England	Torrid	Template:Sclass2- destroyer
24 February	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Tristram	Template:Sclass2- destroyer
3 March	German Empire	AG Vulcan	Stettin	Wiesbaden	Cöln-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
8 March	United Kingdom	Hawthorn Leslie	Hebburn, England	Thisbe	Template:Sclass2- destroyer
10 March	United Kingdom	Thornycroft	Southampton, England	Taurus	Template:Sclass2- destroyer
24 March	United Kingdom	John Brown	Clydebank, Scotland	Ceres	Template:Sclass2-
22 March	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Valentine	Admiralty V-class leader
13 April	United States	New York Naval Shipyard	Brooklyn, New York	New Mexico	Template:Sclass-
21 April	United Kingdom	Thornycroft	Southampton, England	Teazer	Template:Sclass2- destroyer
25 April	German Empire	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Dresden	Cöln-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
8 May	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dunbarton	Valorous	Admiralty V-class leader
15 May	United Kingdom	Pembroke Dockyard	Pembroke, Wales	Curacoa	Template:Sclass2-
21 May	Great Britain	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Stavangerfjord	Passenger ship	For Den Norske Amerikalinje
21 May	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Wallace	Admiralty V-class leader
22 May	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Valhalla	Admiralty V-class leader
25 May	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dunbarton	Valkyrie	Admiralty V-class leader
14 June	United Kingdom	John Brown	Clydebank, Scotland	Vanoc	Admiralty V-class destroyer
23 June	German Empire	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Priwall	Barque	For F Laeisz, Hamburg
30 June	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Idaho	Template:Sclass-
30 June	German Empire	AG Vulcan	Hamburg	Württemberg	Template:Sclass-
5 July	United Kingdom	Vickers Limited	Barrow in Furness, England	Curlew	Template:Sclass2-
6 July	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend, England	Coventry	Template:Sclass2-
18 August	United Kingdom	John Brown	Clydebank, Scotland	Vanquisher	Admiralty V-class destroyer
1 September	United Kingdom	William Doxford & Sons	Sunderland	Vega	Admiralty V-class destroyer
4 September	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Vectis	Admiralty V-class destroyer
15 September	Sweden	Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad	Malmö	Gustav V	Template:Sclass-
17 September	Sweden	Götaverken	Gothenburg	Drottning Victoria	Template:Sclass-
20 October	United Kingdom	Robert Duncan & Co	Port Glasgow, Scotland	Mahratta	Cargo ship
11 November	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Little	Template:Sclass-
17 November	German Empire	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Magdeburg	Cöln-class cruiser	For Imperial German Navy
14 December	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Kimberly	Template:Sclass-
15 December	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	Fairfax	Template:Sclass-
16 December	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Sigourney	Template:Sclass-
17 December	United States	William Cramp & Sons	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Rathburne	Template:Sclass-
28 December	United Kingdom	William Beardmore and Company	Dalmuir	Vancouver	Admiralty V-class destroyer
Unknown date	Netherlands	Gebroeders van Diepen	Waterhuizen	De Lauwers	Schooner
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Richardson, Duck & Co Ltd	Stockton on Tees	Farnworth	Cargo ship	For R S Dalgleish & Co Ltd.
Unknown date	Netherlands	L Smit & Zoon	Kinderdijk	Tilburg	Cargo ship	For NV Nederlandsche Scheepvaart Maatschappij Transatlanta