List of ship commissionings in 1917

The list of ship commissionings in 1917 is a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1917. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Notes
January 24	United States Navy	Allen	Sampson-class destroyer
January (unknown date)	Royal Navy	Glorious	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Converted to an aircraft carrier
February 8	Royal Netherlands Navy	Z 5	Z 5-class torpedo boat
February 8	Royal Netherlands Navy	Z 6	Z 5-class torpedo boat
February 19	Royal Navy	Skate	R-class destroyer
February (unknown date)	Imperial German Navy	Nürnberg	Königsberg-class cruiser
March 14	Imperial German Navy	Baden	Bayern-class battleship
April 9	United States Navy	Arawan II	Section patrol craft
April 9	United States Navy	Shaw	Sampson-class destroyer
April 18	United States Navy	Actus	Section patrol craft
April 24	Royal Navy	Anzac	Parker-class destroyer leader	Transferred to Royal Australian Navy in 1919
May 1	United States Navy	Cyclops	Collier
May 5	United States Navy	Arvilla	Section patrol craft
May 5	Royal Netherlands Navy	O 8	H-class submarine	Ex-HMS H6
May 10	United States Navy	Abalone	Section patrol craft
May 10	Imperial German Navy	Hindenburg	Derfflinger-class battlecruiser
May 12	United States Navy	Althea	Section patrol craft
May 17	United States Navy	Amagansett	Minesweeper
May 18	United States Navy	Almax II	Section patrol craft
May 19	United States Navy	Alpha	Section patrol craft
May 27	United States Navy	Abarenda	collier	Under command of Lt. Commander Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF[1]
May 30	United States Navy	Alacrity	Section patrol craft
May 31	United States Navy	Akbar	Section patrol craft
June 5	United States Navy	Aloha	Section patrol craft
June 5	United States Navy	Aphrodite	Section patrol craft
June 6	United States Navy	Advance	Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast Guard in 1919
June 9	United States Navy	Arcady	Section patrol craft
June 25	United States Navy	Arroyo	Section patrol craft
June 26	Royal Navy	Furious	Courageous-class battlecruiser	Converted to an aircraft carrier
June 27	United States Navy	Astrea	Section patrol craft
July 6	United States Navy	Helianthus	Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1919
July 7	United States Navy	Apache	Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast Guard in 1919
July 10	United States Navy	Vergana	Section patrol craft
July 27	United States Navy	Advance	Section patrol craft
July 28	United States Navy	Alcedo	Section patrol craft
July 28	United States Navy	Avis	Section patrol craft
August 10	United States Navy	Albatross	Section patrol craft
August 11	United States Navy	Ameera	Section patrol craft
August 15	United States Navy	Ardent	Section patrol craft / minesweeper
August 16	United States Navy	Annabelle	Section patrol craft
August 17	United States Navy	Anado	Section patrol craft
August 18	United States Navy	Anderton	Section patrol craft / minesweeper
August 18	United States Navy	Arcturus	Section patrol craft
August 30	United States Navy	L-8	L-class submarine
September 1	Royal Navy	Ramillies	Revenge-class battleship
September 26	United States Navy	N-1	N-class submarine
September 26	United States Navy	N-2	N-class submarine
September 26	United States Navy	N-3	N-class submarine
September 27	United States Navy	Atlantis	Section patrol craft
October 1	United States Navy	Aurore II	Section patrol craft
October 5	United States Navy	Anton Dohrn	Section patrol craft
October 15	United States Navy	Manley	Caldwell-class destroyer
October 17	United States Navy	Artemis	Section patrol craft
October 18	United States Navy	Acoma	Section patrol craft
October 31	United States Navy	Tanguingui	Section patrol craft	Returned to original owned on April 21, 1919
November 1	United States Navy	Arval	Section patrol craft
November 2	United States Navy	Aramis	Section patrol craft
November 5	United States Navy	Audwin	Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1919
December 1	United States Navy	Caldwell	Caldwell-class destroyer
December 7	United States Navy	L-6	L-class submarine
December 7	United States Navy	L-7	L-class submarine
December 17	United States Navy	Adelante	Section patrol craft
December 18	United States Navy	Mississippi	New Mexico-class battleship
December 30	United States Navy	A-1	Section patrol craft
unknown date	United States Navy	Albacore	Section patrol craft