# List of Liberty ships (Je–L)

This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships—cargo ships built in the United States during World War II—with names beginning with Je through L.

## Description

The standard Liberty ship (EC-2-S-C1 type) was a cargo ship 441 feet 6 inches (134.57 m) long overall, with a beam of 56 feet 10+3⁄4 inches (17.34 m). It had a depth of 37 feet 4 inches (11.38 m) and a draft of 26 feet 10 inches (8.18 m). It was powered by a triple expansion steam engine, which had cylinders of 24+1⁄2 inches (62 cm), 37 inches (94 cm) and 70 inches (180 cm) diameter by 48 inches (120 cm) stroke. The engine produced 2,500ihp at 76rpm. Driving a four-blade propeller 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 m) in diameter, could propel the ship at 11 knots (20 km/h).
Cargo was carried in five holds, numbered 1–5 from bow to stern. Grain capacity was 84,183 cubic feet (2,383.8 m$^3$), 145,604 cubic feet (4,123.0 m$^3$), 96,429 cubic feet (2,730.6 m$^3$), 93,190 cubic feet (2,639 m$^3$) and 93,190 cubic feet (2,639 m$^3$), with a further 49,086 cubic feet (1,390.0 m$^3$) in the deep tanks. Bale capacity was 75,405 cubic feet (2,135.2 m$^3$), 134,638 cubic feet (3,812.5 m$^3$), 83,697 cubic feet (2,370.0 m$^3$), 82,263 cubic feet (2,329.4 m$^3$) and 82,435 cubic feet (2,334.3 m$^3$), with a further 41,135 cubic feet (1,164.8 m$^3$) in the deep tanks.
It carried a crew of 45, plus 36 United States Navy Armed Guard gunners. Later in the war, this was altered to a crew of 52, plus 29 gunners. Accommodation was in a three deck superstructure placed midships. The galley was equipped with a range, a 25 US gallons (95 L) stock kettle and other appliances. Messrooms were equipped with an electric hot plate and an electric toaster.

## Je through L

| Ship name | Namesake | MC hull no. | Ship type | Laid down | Launched | Fate |
| SS Jean P. Chouteau | Jean Pierre Chouteau | 2717 | standard | 30 November 1943 | 19 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Jean Ribaut | Jean Ribault | 2300 | standard | 23 March 1944 | 5 May 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Jedediah S. Smith | Jedediah S. Smith | 1650 | standard | 14 April 1943 | 7 May 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis | 8 | standard | 5 May 1942 | 12 July 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Jellico Seam | Jellico Seam | 2848 | collier | 13 June 1945 | 14 August 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Jeremiah L. Chaplin | Jeremiah Chaplin | 2190 | standard | 13 September 1943 | 31 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1959 |
| SS Jeremiah M. Daily | Jeremiah M. Daily | 1724 | standard | 18 July 1943 | 9 August 1943 | Kamikazied off Leyte 1944, repaired, sold private 1947, scrapped 1962 |
| SS Jeremiah M. Rusk | Jeremiah M. Rusk | 2145 | standard | 17 August 1943 | 8 September 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Jeremiah O'Brien | Jeremiah O'Brien | 806 | standard | 6 May 1943 | 19 June 1943 | Active: preserved as a memorial in San Francisco |
| SS Jeremiah S. Black | Jeremiah S. Black | 690 | standard | 28 November 1942 | 30 December 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | 155 | standard | 10 March 1942 | 7 June 1942 | Torpedoed and scuttled off Cape Farewell 1942 |
| SS Jeremiah Wadsworth | Jeremiah Wadsworth | 270 | standard | 23 June 1942 | 7 September 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off South Africa 1942 |
| SS Jerome K. Jones | Jerome K. Jones | 1060 | standard | 7 July 1943 | 6 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| SS Jerry S. Foley | Jerry S. Foley | 2497 | standard | 23 August 1944 | 29 September 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Jesse Applegate | Jesse Applegate | 549 | standard | 22 May 1942 | 7 July 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Jesse Billingsley | Jesse Billingsley | 1945 | standard | 1 July 1943 | 14 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Jesse Cottrell | Jesse Cottrell | 2671 | standard | 22 July 1944 | 26 August 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS Jesse De Forest | Jesse De Forest | 1798 | standard | 11 September 1943 | 3 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and abandoned 1953 |
| SS Jesse H. Metcalf | Jesse H. Metcalf | 3122 | standard | 13 November 1943 | 3 March 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Jewell Seam | Jewell Seam | 2846 | collier | 6 February 1945 | 3 April 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Jim Bridger | Jim Bridger | 610 | standard | 22 November 1942 | 17 December 1942 | Reefed off Port O'Connor TX 1976 |
| SS Joaquin Miller | Joaquin Miller | 484 | standard | 23 May 1942 | 22 July 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Joe C. S. Blackburn | Joe C. S. Blackburn | 1508 | standard | 30 October 1943 | 15 December 1943 | Converted to floating dock 1968 |
| SS Joe Fellows | Joe Fellows | 2241 | standard | 12 February 1944 | 10 March 1944 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and lost 1966 |
| SS Joe Harris | Joe Harris | 2280 | standard | 16 April 1944 | 5 May 1944 | Scrapped 1957 |
| SS Joel Chandler Harris | Joel Chandler Harris | 10 | standard | 31 May 1942 | 12 August 1942 | Sold private 1949, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Joel Palmer | Joel Palmer | 2025 | standard | 16 May 1943 | 5 June 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Joel R. Poinsett | Joel R. Poinsett | 833 | standard | 31 December 1942 | 19 February 1943 | Broke in two in North Atlantic 1944, salvaged, depot ship |
| SS Johan Printz | Johan Printz | 2375 | standard | 7 August 1944 | 18 September 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John A. Campbell | John A. Campbell | 1496 | standard | 13 April 1943 | 14 August 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS John A. Dix | John A. Dix | 774 | standard | 19 October 1942 | 2 January 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John A. Donald | John A. Donald | 1005 | standard | 22 May 1943 | 15 June 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS John A. Johnson | John A. Johnson | 2027 | standard | 19 May 1943 | 8 June 1943 | Torpedoed and lost in the Pacific 1944 |
| SS John A. Logan | John A. Logan | 451 | standard | 10 December 1942 | 14 January 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Alnitah (AK-127), scrapped 1961 |
| SS John A. Poor | John A. Poor | 807 | standard | 14 May 1943 | 23 June 1943 | Mined in the North Atlantic 1943, repaired, torpedoed and lost in the Arabian Sea 1944 |
| SS John A. Quitman | John A. Quitman | 1046 | standard | 23 April 1943 | 2 June 1943 | Scrapped 1973 |
| SS John A. Rawlins | John A. Rawlins | 434 | standard | 19 October 1942 | 27 November 1942 | Wrecked in typhoon off Okinawa 1945, scrapped |
| SS John A. Roebling | John A. Roebling | 1911 | standard | 19 October 1943 | 13 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John A. Sutter | John A. Sutter | 293 | standard | 23 May 1942 | 10 July 1942 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS John A. Treutlen | John A. Treutlen | 2441 | standard | 5 February 1944 | 10 April 1944 | Torpedoed in the English Channel 1944, beached, declared total loss, scrapped |
| SS John Adams | John Adams | 242 | standard | 17 September 1941 | 18 January 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off New Caledonia 1942 |
| SS John Alden | John Alden | 1659 | standard | 28 April 1943 | 22 May 1943 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS John Armstrong | John Armstrong | 829 | standard | 3 December 1942 | 28 January 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS John B. Ashe | John B. Ashe | 82 | standard | 6 March 1942 | 16 May 1942 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1962 |
| SS John B. Floyd | John B. Floyd | 431 | standard | 9 October 1942 | 7 November 1942 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John B. Gordon | John B. Gordon | 1504 | standard | 6 September 1943 | 16 November 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John B. Hamilton | either John B. Hamilton (Surgeon General) or John Hamilton (Colonial governor of New Jersey) | 2939 | standard | 16 May 1944 | 19 June 1944 | Scrapped 1976 |
| SS John B. Hood | John B. Hood | 115 | standard | 5 October 1942 | 2 December 1942 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John B. Kendrick | John B. Kendrick | 2530 | standard | 3 November 1943 | 22 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John B. Lennon | John B. Lennon | 1509 | standard | 10 November 1943 | 22 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Ball | John Ball | 2527 | standard | 29 October 1943 | 17 November 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John Banvard | John Banvard | 962 | standard | 23 February 1943 | 27 March 1943 | Wrecked in the Azores 1944 and scrapped |
| SS John Barry | John Barry | 174 | standard | 11 July 1941 | 23 November 1941 | Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1944 |
| SS John Barton Payne | John Barton Payne | 1535 | tank carrier | 11 August 1943 | 23 October 1943 | Seagoing cowboys livestock ship c. 1945-47, scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Bartram | John Bartram | 424 | standard | 10 September 1942 | 23 October 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Bascom | John Bascom | 1521 | standard | 7 September 1942 | 31 March 1943 | Bombed and lost in Bari, 1943 |
| SS John Bell | John Bell | 834 | standard | 7 January 1943 | 24 February 1943 | Torpedoed and lost off Sardinia 1943 |
| SS John Bidwell | John Bidwell | 683 | standard | 14 November 1942 | 19 December 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John Blair | John Blair Jr. | 497 | standard | 1 September 1942 | 12 October 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John Branch | John Branch | 2002 | standard | 25 July 1943 | 21 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked 1961, declared total loss but refloated, scrapped 1962 |
| SS John Burke | John Burke | 609 | standard | 20 November 1942 | 15 December 1942 | Kamikazied and lost off Mindoro 1944 |
| SS John Burroughs | John Burroughs | 1652 | standard | 17 April 1943 | 10 May 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John C. Ainsworth | John C. Ainsworth | 554 | standard | 16 June 1942 | 24 July 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John C. Breckinridge | John C. Breckinridge | 350 | standard | 27 January 1943 | 22 April 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John C. Calhoun | John C. Calhoun | 219 | standard | 1 October 1941 | 26 April 1942 | Blew up in Finschaven 1944, declared total loss but refloated, scrapped |
| SS John C. Fremont | John C. Frémont | 64 | standard | 24 May 1941 | 27 September 1941 | First Liberty delivered by a West Coast yard. Mined in Manila Bay 1945, scrapped |
| SS John C. Preston | John C. Preston | 2837 | standard | 12 December 1944 | 23 January 1945 | Sold private 1946, wrecked 1962, TL |
| SS John C. Spencer | John C. Spencer | 835 | standard | 13 January 1943 | 5 March 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John Cabot | John Cabot | 1749 | standard | | 5 March 1943 Delivered | Sold 15 January 1960 |
| SS John Carroll | John Carroll | 1557 | standard | 30 April 1943 | 31 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Carter Rose | John Carter Rose | 56 | standard | 10 June 1942 | 31 July 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off Trinidad 1942 |
| SS John Carver | John Carver | 207 | standard | 14 July 1942 | 31 October 1942 | Exploded 1945, scrapped 1949 |
| SS John Catron | John Catron | 1494 | standard | 3 September 1942 | 11 July 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Chandler | John Chandler | 215 | standard | 29 January 1943 | 8 April 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Chester Kendall | John Chester Kendall | 3026 | standard | 29 March 1944 | 9 May 1944 | Scrapped 1973 |
| SS John Clarke | John Clarke | 1458 | standard | 11 July 1942 | 25 February 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Colter | John Colter | 2137 | standard | 2 August 1943 | 24 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Constantine | John Constantine | 1698 | standard | 1 July 1943 | 28 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS John Cropper | John Cropper | 152 | standard | 20 January 1942 | 17 May 1942 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John Davenport | John Davenport | 201 | standard | 24 September 1941 | 15 May 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John Davey | John Davey | 2539 | standard | 2 November 1943 | 28 November 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Deere | John Deere | 586 | standard | 25 September 1942 | 23 October 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Dickinson | John Dickinson | 232 | standard | 29 December 1941 | 11 March 1942 | Scrapped 1973 |
| SS John Dockweiler | John Dockweiler | 2561 | standard | 31 December 1943 | 29 January 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Drake Sloat | John Drake Sloat | 697 | standard | 17 December 1942 | 12 January 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John Drayton | John Drayton | 225 | standard | 4 July 1942 | 5 September 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off Durban 1943 |
| SS John Drew | John Drew | 2549 | standard | 22 November 1943 | 19 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John E. Schmeltzer | John E. Schmeltzer | 984 | standard | 13 April 1943 | 16 May 1943 | Wrecked and abandoned 1947 |
| SS John E. Sweet | John E. Sweet | 2438 | standard | 17 January 1944 | 3 March 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John E. Ward | John E. Ward | 1070 | standard | 13 October 1943 | 25 November 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John E. Wilkie | John E. Wilkie | 1588 | standard | 17 June 1943 | 8 July 1943 | Torpedoed and lost in the Arabian Sea 1943 |
| SS John Einig | John Einig | 1220 | standard | 1 December 1943 | 14 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John Evans | John Evans | 1712 | standard | 27 June 1943 | 18 July 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John F. Appleby | John F. Appleby | 421 | standard | 1 September 1942 | 18 October 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John F. Goucher | John F. Goucher | 1830 | standard | 29 October 1943 | 23 November 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Culebra Island (ARG-7), scrapped 1974 |
| SS John F. Myers | John F. Myers | 2088 | standard | 4 September 1943 | 19 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John F. Shafroth | John F. Shafroth | 2758 | standard | 6 February 1944 | 25 February 1944 | Scuttled with obsolete ammo 1964 |
| SS John F. Steffen | John F. Steffen | 2031 | standard | 27 May 1943 | 15 June 1943 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS John Fairfield | John Fairfield | 827 | standard | 13 August 1943 | 10 October 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Fiske | John F. Fiske | 90 | standard | 16 May 1942 | 3 July 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Fitch | John Fitch | 328 | standard | 4 August 1942 | 28 August 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John G. Brady | John G. Brady | 2095 | standard | 13 September 1943 | 28 September 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John G. Carlisle | John G. Carlisle | 519 | standard | 23 December 1942 | 23 January 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John G. Nicolay | John G. Nicolay | 525 | standard | 17 January 1943 | 25 February 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Albireo (AK-90), sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John G. North | John G. North | 2107 | standard | 6 September 1943 | 30 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1960 |
| SS John G. Tod | John G. Tod | 2908 | standard | 1 December 1943 | 21 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| SS John G. Whittier | John G. Whittier | 188 | standard | 8 February 1942 | 5 April 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John Gallup | John Gallup | 951 | standard | 27 January 1943 | 3 March 1943 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Gibbon | John Gibbon | 2916 | standard | 29 January 1944 | 10 March 1944 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Goode | John Goode | 1880 | tanker | 4 July 1943 | 10 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Gorrie | John Gorrie | 1194 | standard | 29 August 1942 | 27 March 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Grier Hibben | John Grier Hibben | 1972 | standard | 20 April 1943 | 15 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John H. B. Latrobe | John H. B. Latrobe | 52 | standard | 19 May 1942 | 13 July 1942 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS John H. Couch | John H. Couch | 1618 | standard | 13 March 1943 | 1 April 1943 | Torpedoed from the air and lost off Guadalcanal 1943 |
| SS John H. Eaton | John H. Eaton | 832 | standard | 22 December 1942 | 15 February 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John H. Hammond | John Hays Hammond | 2385 | standard | 13 October 1944 | 15 November 1944 | Mined off Elba 1945, declared total loss, scrapped 1948 |
| SS John H. Hatton | John H. Hatton | 1776 | standard | 5 August 1943 | 30 August 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John H. Marion | John H. Marion | 1895 | tanker | 16 September 1943 | 17 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John H. Mcintosh | John H. Mcintosh | 2496 | standard | 16 August 1944 | 23 September 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John H. Murphy | John H. Murphy, Sr. | 2614 | standard | 26 February 1944 | 29 March 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John H. Quick | John H. Quick | 2547 | standard | 16 November 1943 | 13 December 1943 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS John H. Reagan | John H. Reagan | 1943 | standard | 21 June 1943 | 6 August 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John H. Rosseter | John H. Rosseter | 1580 | standard | 2 June 1943 | 24 June 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John H. Thomas | John H. Thomas | 2746 | standard | 18 January 1944 | 5 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Hancock | John Hancock | 176 | standard | 18 July 1941 | 14 December 1941 | Torpedoed and lost off Cuba 1942 |
| SS John Hanson | John Hanson | 2677 | standard | 21 August 1944 | 21 September 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965 |
| SS John Hart | John Hart | 184 | standard | 16 December 1941 | 25 February 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John Harvard | John Harvard | 239 | standard | 27 April 1942 | 4 June 1942 | Sold private 1951, wrecked and scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Harvey | John Harvey | 878 | standard | 6 December 1942 | 9 January 1943 | Bombed in Bari 1943, scrapped 1948 |
| SS John Hathorn | John Hathorn | 283 | standard | 12 February 1942 | 30 April 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Hay | John Hay | 1525 | standard | 5 January 1943 | 31 May 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Henry | John Henry | 45 | standard | 14 April 1942 | 18 June 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Holmes | John Holmes | 216 | standard | 12 February 1943 | 18 April 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John Hope | John Hope | 2742 | standard | 12 January 1944 | 30 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Howard Payne | John Howard Payne | 490 | standard | 15 July 1942 | 31 August 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Howland | John Howland | 958 | standard | 15 February 1943 | 19 March 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John I. Nolan | John I. Nolan | 2079 | standard | 21 August 1943 | 6 September 1943 | Wrecked and scrapped 1947 |
| SS John Ireland | John Ireland | 2920 | standard | 23 February 1944 | 30 March 1944 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Isaacson | John Isaacson | 2270 | standard | 17 February 1944 | 24 March 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John J. Abel | John J. Abel | 960 | standard | 20 February 1943 | 24 March 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John J. Crittenden | John J. Crittenden | 1196 | standard | 15 October 1942 | 7 May 1943 | Seagoing cowboys livestock ship 1945-47, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John J. Ingalls | John J. Ingalls | 1686 | standard | 12 June 1943 | 8 July 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John J. McGraw | John J. McGraw | 1790 | standard | 28 August 1943 | 22 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Jacob Astor | John Jacob Astor | 2059 | standard | 16 July 1943 | 5 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
| SS John James Audubon | John James Audubon | 420 | standard | 28 August 1942 | 8 October 1942 | To U.S. Navy as Crater (AK-70), scrapped 1975 |
| SS John Jay | John Jay | 178 | standard | 30 September 1941 | 4 February 1942 | Partially converted to troop ship, WSA owned; reserve fleet Wilmington, NC 11/47. Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John L. Elliott | John Lovejoy Elliott | 2594 | standard | 19 January 1944 | 19 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
| SS John L. McCarley | John L. McCarley | 2342 | boxed aircraft transport | 10 January 1945 | 14 February 1945 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John L. Motley | John Lothrop Motley | 986 | standard | 16 April 1943 | 18 May 1943 | Bombed and lost in Bari 1943 |
| SS John L. Stoddard | John Lawson Stoddard | 2287 | standard | 27 October 1943 | 15 November 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John L. Sullivan | John L. Sullivan | 1121 | standard | 2 May 1943 | 26 May 1943 | To U.S. Navy 1957 as YAG-37, scrapped 1958 |
| SS John LaFarge | John LaFarge | 1822 | standard | 16 October 1943 | 12 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Langdon | John Langdon | 77 | standard | 14 January 1942 | 14 April 1942 | To Russia 1944 as Tbilisi, scrapped 1977 |
| SS John Laurance | John Laurance | 108 | standard | 13 July 1942 | 18 September 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Lawson | John Lawson | 1985 | standard | 26 May 1943 | 24 June 1943 | Sold private 1947, converted to LNG carrier Beauvais, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Lind | John Lind | 1573 | standard | 21 May 1943 | 11 June 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John M. Bozeman | John M. Bozeman | 2090 | standard | 6 September 1943 | 21 September 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John M. Brooke | John M. Brooke | 1550 | standard | 30 December 1943 | 24 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John M. Clayton | John M. Clayton | 687 | standard | 23 November 1942 | 27 December 1942 | Bombed off Mindoro 1945, beached and repaired, to U.S. Navy as Harcourt (IX-225), scrapped 1962 |
| SS John M. Harlan | John M. Harlan | 1497 | standard | 5 May 1943 | 29 August 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John M. Morehead | John M. Morehead | 1977 | standard | 5 May 1943 | 29 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS John M. Palmer | John M. Palmer | 453 | standard | 15 December 1942 | 19 January 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Draco (AK-79), sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John M. Parker | John M. Parker | 2456 | standard | 27 January 1944 | 11 March 1944 | Scrapped 1958 |
| SS John M. Schofield | John M. Schofield | 433 | standard | 17 October 1942 | 23 November 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John M. T. Finney | John M. T. Finney | 991 | standard | 27 April 1943 | 21 May 1943 | Torpedoed and lost off Bizerta 1943 |
| SS John Marshall | John Marshall | 2 | standard | 18 August 1941 | 21 February 1942 | YAG 1955, scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Martin Miller | John Martin Miller | 2991 | standard | 15 December 1944 | 19 January 1945 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Mary Odin | John Mary Odin | 857 | standard | 5 May 1943 | 15 June 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Mason | John Mason | 815 | standard | 24 June 1943 | 12 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966 |
| SS John McDonogh | John McDonogh | 1733 | standard | 11 May 1943 | 16 June 1943 | Sold private 1951, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John McKinley | John McKinley | 1495 | standard | 23 March 1943 | 31 July 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John McLean | John McLean | 499 | standard | 14 September 1942 | 23 October 1942 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS John McLoughlin | John McLoughlin | 548 | standard | 22 May 1942 | 4 July 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Merrick | John Merrick | 1990 | standard | 12 June 1943 | 11 July 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Milledge | John Milledge | 346 | standard | 27 June 1942 | 21 February 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John Miller | John Miller | 2515 | standard | 7 December 1944 | 15 January 1945 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Minto | John Minto | 2021 | standard | 9 May 1943 | 28 May 1943 | To Russia 1943 as Vitebsk, scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Mitchell | John Mitchell | 311 | standard | 23 July 1942 | 7 September 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Morgan | John Morgan | 978 | standard | 31 March 1943 | 4 May 1943 | Exploded and lost after collision off Cape Henry 1943 |
| SS John Morton | John Morton | 258 | standard | 22 May 1942 | 21 July 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Muir | John Muir | 1226 | standard | 31 July 1942 | 22 November 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John Murray Forbes | John Murray Forbes | 770 | standard | 29 September 1942 | 26 November 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS John N. Maffitt | John Maffitt | 1997 | standard | 4 July 1943 | 4 August 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John N. Robins | John N. Robins | 819 | standard | 9 August 1943 | 30 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964 |
| SS John Owen | John Owen | 1970 | standard | 15 April 1943 | 10 May 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS John P. Altgeld | John P. Altgeld | 1896 | tanker | 17 September 1943 | 18 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John P. Gaines | John P. Gaines | 2045 | standard | 21 June 1943 | 11 July 1943 | Wrecked and lost in the Aleutians 1943 |
| SS John P. Harris | John P. Harris | 2877 | standard | 3 August 1944 | 13 September 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John P. Holland | John P. Holland | 589 | standard | 2 October 1942 | 29 October 1942 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS John P. Mitchel | John P. Mitchel | 1975 | standard | 28 April 1943 | 23 May 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John P. Poe | John P. Poe | 54 | standard | 24 May 1942 | 25 July 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Page | John Page | 286 | standard | 11 March 1942 | 19 May 1942 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS John Paul Jones | John Paul Jones | 67 | standard | 27 June 1941 | 3 December 1941 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Penn | John Penn | 218 | standard | 23 September 1941 | 12 April 1942 | Torpedoed and scuttled off Greenland 1942 |
| SS John Philip Sousa | John Philip Sousa | 1200 | standard | 29 March 1943 | 4 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked 1965, declared total loss, scrapped. The ship's bell is used by the United States Marine Band in concert. |
| SS John R. McQuigg | John R. McQuigg | 2311 | standard | 14 June 1944 | 19 July 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John R. Park | John R. Park | 466 | standard | 22 January 1943 | 20 February 1943 | Torpedoed and lost off Cornwall 1945 |
| SS John Randolph | John Randolph | 19 | standard | 15 July 1941 | 30 December 1941 | Mined in the Denmark Strait 1942, salvaged and hulked, scrapped 1952 |
| SS John Reed | John Reed | 2099 | standard | 7 August 1943 | 31 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966 |
| SS John Ringling | John Ringling | 2494 | standard | 1 August 1944 | 10 September 1944 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Roach | John Roach | 2267 | standard | 7 February 1944 | 1 March 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Robert Gordon | John Robert Gordon | 3113 | standard | 29 March 1945 | 22 May 1945 | Sold private 1947, wrecked 1963 and scrapped |
| SS John Ross | John Ross | 1589 | standard | 19 June 1943 | 10 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| SS John Russell Pope | John Russell Pope | 1794 | standard | 4 September 1943 | 27 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1973 |
| SS John Rutledge | John Rutledge | 495 | standard | 22 August 1942 | 29 September 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS John S. Bassett | John S. Bassett | 1707 | standard | 4 August 1943 | 29 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964 |
| SS John S. Casement | John S. Casement | 1654 | standard | 22 April 1943 | 13 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, damaged and scrapped 1967 |
| SS John S. Copley | John S. Copley | 604 | standard | 9 November 1942 | 5 December 1942 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS John S. Mosby | John S. Mosby | 1207 | standard | 22 July 1943 | 3 October 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John S. Pillsbury | John S. Pillsbury | 730 | standard | 20 February 1943 | 19 March 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS John S. Sargent | John S. Sargent | 1582 | standard | 6 June 1943 | 27 June 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Sedgwick | John Sedgwick | 652 | standard | 31 August 1942 | 7 October 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Sergeant | John Sergeant | 63 | standard | 6 July 1942 | 21 August 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS John Sevier | John Sevier | 236 | standard | 18 March 1942 | 30 April 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off Cuba 1943 |
| SS John Sharp Williams | John Sharp Williams | 1047 | standard | 3 May 1943 | 8 June 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Sherman | John Sherman | 2131 | standard | 1 December 1943 | 23 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John Stagg | John Stagg | 1737 | tanker | 18 May 1943 | 7 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John Steele | John Steele | 289 | standard | 30 April 1942 | 21 June 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Stevens | John Stevens | 330 | standard | 13 August 1942 | 22 September 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John Stevenson | John Stevenson | 1011 | standard | 1 June 1943 | 30 June 1943 | To U.S. Navy as YAG 1955, scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Straub | John Straub | 2533 | standard | 8 November 1943 | 27 November 1943 | Broke in two and sank 1944 |
| SS John Sullivan | John Sullivan | 214 | standard | 17 January 1943 | 28 March 1943 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John Swett | John Swett | 2171 | standard | 30 September 1943 | 19 October 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS John T. Clark | John T. Clark | 1824 | standard | 17 October 1943 | 15 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1975 |
| SS John T. Holt | John T. Holt | 1758 | standard | 30 June 1943 | 29 July 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS John T. McMillan | John T. McMillan | 1575 | standard | 25 May 1943 | 15 June 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Tipton | John Tipton | 2225 | standard | 17 August 1943 | 8 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS John Trumbull | John Trumbull | 337 | standard | 26 November 1942 | 25 February 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS John Vining | John M. Vining | 138 | standard | 27 September 1942 | 23 November 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John W. Brown | John W. Brown | 312 | standard | 28 July 1942 | 7 September 1942 | Active: preserved as a memorial in Baltimore MD |
| SS John W. Burgess | John W. Burgess | 2730 | standard | 20 December 1943 | 12 January 1944 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS John W. Cullen | John W. Cullen | 1597 | standard | 29 January 1943 | 22 February 1943 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS John W. Davis | John Wesley Davis | 2536 | standard | 13 November 1943 | 3 December 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John W. Draper | John W. Draper | 2823 | standard | 14 September 1944 | 21 October 1944 | To U.S. Navy as Gratia (AKS-11), to NDRF 1947, scrapped 1965 |
| SS John W. Foster | John W. Foster | 2166 | standard | 23 September 1943 | 11 October 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John W. Garrett | John W. Garrett | 1768 | standard | 23 July 1943 | 19 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John W. Gates | John W. Gates | 2421 | standard | 25 October 1943 | 7 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS John W. Griffiths | John W. Griffiths | 1548 | standard | 13 December 1943 | 9 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965 |
| SS John W. Hoyt | John W. Hoyt | 2141 | standard | 9 August 1943 | 31 August 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John W. Mackay | John W. Mackay | 1570 | standard | 14 May 1943 | 6 June 1943 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS John W. Meldrum | John W. Meldrum | 2120 | standard | 18 October 1943 | 13 November 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John W. Powell | John Wesley Powell | 1022 | standard | 23 June 1943 | 28 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John W. Searles | John W. Searles | 2540 | standard | 6 November 1943 | 2 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| SS John W. Troy | John W. Troy | 2581 | standard | 22 December 1943 | 10 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS John W. Weeks | John W. Weeks | 617 | standard | 9 December 1942 | 2 January 1943 | To U.S. Navy 1951 as DuPage (APB-51), scrapped 1959 |
| SS John Walker | John Walker | 305 | standard | 1 June 1942 | 22 July 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Wanamaker | John Wanamaker | 1010 | standard | 31 May 1943 | 11 July 1943 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS John White | John White | 1218 | standard | 17 November 1943 | 31 December 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Menkar (AK-123), to USCG 1944, scrapped 1964 |
| SS John Whiteaker | John Whiteaker | 1590 | standard | 9 January 1943 | 7 February 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Situla (AK-140), scrapped 1961 |
| SS John Winthrop | John Winthrop | 202 | standard | 24 September 1941 | 7 June 1942 | Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic 1942 |
| SS John Wise | John Wise | 251 | standard | 16 March 1942 | 14 June 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS John Witherspoon | John Witherspoon | 31 | standard | 10 December 1941 | 4 March 1942 | Torpedoed and lost in the Kara Sea 1942 |
| SS John Woolman | John Woolman | 973 | standard | 20 March 1943 | 22 April 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS John Wright Stanly | John Wright Stanly | 881 | standard | 18 December 1942 | 19 January 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Johnny Appleseed | Johnny Appleseed | 2965 | standard | 2 September 1944 | 11 October 1944 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins | 947 | standard | 25 January 1943 | 10 March 1943 | Mined in Marseilles 1944, repaired and sold private 1946, wrecked and abandoned 1966 |
| SS Jonas Lie | Jonas Lie | 2876 | standard | 24 July 1944 | 7 September 1944 | Torpedoed and lost in Bristol Channel 1945 |
| SS Jonathan Edwards | Jonathan Edwards | 237 | standard | 23 March 1942 | 5 May 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Jonathan Elmer | Jonathan Elmer | 308 | standard | 11 July 1942 | 31 August 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Jonathan Grout | Jonathan Grout | 128 | standard | 11 May 1942 | 8 August 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Jonathan Harrington | Jonathan Harrington | 561 | standard | 11 July 1942 | 17 August 1942 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS Jonathan Jennings | Jonathan Jennings | 2012 | standard | 23 April 1943 | 12 May 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Talita (AKS-8), scrapped 1964 |
| SS Jonathan P. Dolliver | Jonathan P. Dolliver | 1558 | standard | 8 May 1943 | 3 June 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Jonathan Sturges | Jonathan Sturges | 136 | standard | 20 August 1942 | 20 October 1942 | Torpedoed and lost in the North Atlantic, 1943 |
| SS Jonathan Trumbull | Jonathan Trumbull | 137 | standard | 8 September 1942 | 7 November 1942 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Jonathan Worth | Jonathan Worth | 897 | standard | 11 February 1943 | 12 March 1943 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS Jose Artigas | José Artigas | 1812 | standard | 1 October 1943 | 23 October 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS Jose Bonifacio | José Bonifácio | 907 | standard | 16 March 1943 | 14 April 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Jose C. Barbosa | José C. Barbosa | 2707 | standard | 15 November 1943 | 5 December 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Jose G. Benitez | José G. Benítez | 2429 | standard | 22 December 1943 | 17 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1967 |
| SS Jose J. Acosta | José J. Acosta | 2127 | standard | 19 November 1943 | 10 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Jose M. Morelos | José M. Morelos | 2772 | standard | 28 February 1944 | 21 March 1944 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Jose Marti | José Martí | 1017 | standard | 12 June 1943 | 16 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS Jose Navarro | José Navarro | 1951 | standard | 27 July 1943 | 13 September 1943 | Torpedoed and lost in the Indian Ocean 1943 |
| SS Jose Pedro Varela | José Pedro Varela | 2688 | standard | 5 May 1944 | 25 May 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Jose Sepulveda | José Sepúlveda | 1647 | standard | 10 April 1943 | 2 May 1943 | To Russia 1944 as Suchan, later Partizansk, scrapped 1977 |
| SS Joseph A. Brown | Joseph A. Brown | 1967 | standard | 7 April 1943 | 30 April 1943 | Scrapped 1975 |
| SS Joseph A. Holmes | Joseph A. Holmes | 1708 | standard | 21 June 1943 | 11 July 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Joseph Alston | Joseph Alston | 864 | standard | 10 October 1942 | 20 November 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Joseph Augustin Chevalier | Joseph Augustin Chevalier | 3029 | standard | 20 April 1944 | 7 June 1944 | Sold private 1947, sunk 1961 |
| SS Joseph B. Eastman | Joseph B. Eastman | 2655 | standard | 30 May 1944 | 1 July 1944 | Sold private April 1947 renamed Portmar, sold for scrap April 1971 |
| SS Joseph C. Avery | Joseph C. Avery | 2020 | standard | 7 May 1943 | 27 May 1943 | To Russia 1943 as Kherson, wrecked and scrapped 1943 |
| SS Joseph C. Lincoln | Joseph C. Lincoln | 3035 | standard | 8 May 1944 | 24 June 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph Carrigan | Joseph Carrigan | 3103 | standard | 29 January 1945 | 28 March 1945 | Mined off Labuan 1945, declared total loss but sold, scrapped 1948 |
| SS Joseph E. Brown | Joseph E. Brown | 1058 | standard | 9 June 1943 | 19 August 1943 | Reefed 20 miles South-west off Destin FL, 1977 |
| SS Joseph E. Johnston | Joseph E. Johnston | 113 | standard | 15 September 1942 | 16 November 1942 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS Joseph E. Wing | Joseph E. Wing | 2133 | standard | 13 December 1943 | 5 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
| SS Joseph Francis | Joseph Francis | 1875 | standard | 4 August 1943 | 27 August 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Joseph G. Cannon | Joseph G. Cannon | 447 | standard | 28 November 1942 | 31 December 1942 | Bombed off Sicily 1943, repaired, scrapped 1972 |
| SS Joseph Gale | Joseph Gale | 594 | standard | 16 October 1942 | 11 November 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS Joseph Goldberger | Joseph Goldberger | 1917 | tanker | 1 August 1943 | 14 September 1943 | Sold private 1948, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Joseph H. Hollister | Joseph H. Hollister | 693 | standard | 7 December 1942 | 5 January 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph H. Kibbey | Joseph H. Kibbey | 1961 | standard | 25 September 1943 | 6 November 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Phobos (AK-129), scrapped 1970 |
| SS Joseph H. Martin | Joseph H. Martin | 1065 | standard | 30 August 1943 | 18 October 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Joseph H. Nicholson | Joseph H. Nicholson | 994 | standard | 3 May 1943 | 30 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Joseph Habersham | Joseph Habersham | 1064 | standard | 20 August 1943 | 12 October 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joseph Henry | Joseph Henry | 1751 | standard | | 23 November 1959 Delivered | Sold 12 October 1943 |
| SS Joseph Hewes | Joseph Hewes | 217 | standard | 22 September 1941 | 29 March 1942 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS Joseph Holt | Joseph Holt | 432 | standard | 15 October 1942 | 20 November 1942 | Grounded at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in a 1945 typhoon, then fitted with a remote control engine room by the US Navy for use as an minesweeper for pressure mines, scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joseph Hooker | Joseph Hooker | 323 | standard | 2 March 1942 | 20 June 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Joseph I. Kemp | Joseph I. Kemp | 3027 | standard | 5 April 1944 | 16 May 1944 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph J. Kinyoun | Joseph J. Kinyoun | 2756 | standard | 3 February 1944 | 22 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph Jefferson | Joseph Jefferson | 607 | standard | 16 November 1942 | 11 December 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joseph K. Toole | Joseph K. Toole | 1723 | standard | 17 July 1943 | 8 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965 |
| SS Joseph L. Meek | Joseph L. Meek | 596 | standard | 20 October 1942 | 16 November 1942 | Reefed off Pensacola FL 1976 |
| SS Joseph Lane | Joseph Lane | 551 | standard | 31 May 1942 | 14 July 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph LeConte | Joseph LeConte | 1983 | standard | 22 May 1943 | 17 June 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Joseph Lee | Joseph Lee | 3078 | standard | 18 October 1944 | 3 December 1944 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Joseph Leidy | Joseph Leidy | 976 | standard | 27 March 1943 | 30 April 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph M. Carey | Joseph M. Carey | 2250 | standard | 25 September 1943 | 13 October 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Joseph M. Medill | Joseph M. Medill | 1523 | standard | 28 September 1942 | 3 May 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Joseph M. Terrell | Joseph M. Terrell | 1515 | standard | 23 December 1943 | 14 February 1944 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joseph McKenna | Joseph McKenna | 86 | standard | 16 April 1942 | 12 June 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS Joseph Murgas | Joseph Murgas | 2881 | standard | 1 September 1944 | 12 October 1944 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Joseph N. Dinand | Joseph N. Dinand | 3043 | standard | 8 June 1944 | 29 July 1944 | Sold private 1947, scuttled with obsolete ammo 1964 |
| SS Joseph N. Nicollet | Joseph N. Nicollet | 1050 | standard | 22 April 1943 | 24 May 1943 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS Joseph N. Teal | Joseph Nathan Teal | 581 | standard | 13 September 1942 | 23 September 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS Joseph P. Bradley | Joseph P. Bradley | 971 | standard | 17 March 1943 | 17 April 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964 |
| SS Joseph Priestley | Joseph Priestley | 1675 | standard | 25 May 1943 | 17 June 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Joseph Pulitzer | Joseph Pulitzer | 644 | standard | 10 August 1942 | 18 September 1942 | Scrapped 1973 |
| SS Joseph R. Lamar | Joseph R. Lamar | 1491 | standard | 1 August 1942 | 29 April 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joseph Reynolds | Joseph Reynolds | 1870 | standard | 23 July 1943 | 16 August 1943 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS Joseph Rodman Drake | Joseph Rodman Drake | 488 | standard | 20 June 1942 | 21 August 1942 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Joseph S. Emery | Joseph S. Emery | 1567 | standard | 8 May 1943 | 31 May 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Joseph S. McDonagh | Joseph S. McDonagh | 2883 | standard | 14 September 1944 | 27 October 1944 | Wrecked 1946, TL |
| SS Joseph Simon | Joseph Simon | 2061 | standard | 20 July 1943 | 8 August 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Joseph Smith | Joseph Smith | 1119 | standard | 28 April 1943 | 22 May 1943 | Broke up and scuttled in the Atlantic 1944 |
| SS Joseph Squires | Joseph Squires | 3028 | standard | 12 April 1944 | 22 May 1944 | Scrapped 1969 |
| SS Joseph Stanton | Joseph Stanton Jr. | 304 | standard | 2 May 1942 | 4 July 1942 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Joseph Story | Joseph Story | 655 | standard | 9 September 1942 | 15 October 1942 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS Joseph T. Robinson | Joseph T. Robinson | 119 | standard | 17 November 1942 | 6 January 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Joseph V. Connolly | Joseph V. Connolly | 3143 | boxed aircraft transport | 25 May 1945 | 9 July 1945 | Burnt and sank in the North Atlantic 1948 |
| SS Joseph W. Folk | Joseph W. Folk | 2074 | standard | 12 August 1943 | 1 September 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Joseph Warren | Joseph Warren | 782 | standard | 1 February 1943 | 5 April 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Joseph Watt | Joseph Watt | 2042 | standard | 15 June 1943 | 4 July 1943 | To Russia 1943 as Erevan, scrapped 1975 |
| SS Joseph Weydemeyer | Joseph Weydemeyer | 2822 | standard | 3 October 1944 | 11 November 1944 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joseph Wheeler | Joseph Wheeler | 13 | standard | 2 August 1942 | 11 October 1942 | Bombed in Bari, 1943, scrapped |
| SS Josephine Shaw Lowell | Josephine Shaw Lowell | 2296 | standard | 19 February 1944 | 4 April 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Joshua A. Leach | Joshua A. Leach | 1952 | standard | 7 August 1943 | 24 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1967 |
| SS Joshua B. Lippincott | Joshua B. Lippincott | 1841 | standard | 16 November 1943 | 5 December 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Joshua Hendy | Joshua Hendy | 1696 | standard | 24 June 1943 | 20 July 1943 | Seagoing cowboys livestock ship 1945-47, scrapped 1961 |
| SS Joshua L. Chamberlain | Joshua L. Chamberlain | 805 | standard | 27 April 1943 | 14 June 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Joshua Seney | Joshua Seney | 134 | standard | 9 August 1942 | 9 October 1942 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS Joshua Slocum | Joshua Slocum | 3082 | standard | 4 November 1944 | 17 December 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Joshua Thomas | Joshua Thomas | 1760 | standard | 10 July 1943 | 5 August 1943 | Reefed off South Padre Island TX 1975 |
| SS Joshua W. Alexander | Joshua W. Alexander | 1004 | standard | 22 May 1943 | 19 June 1943 | Wrecked and scrapped 1945 |
| SS Josiah B. Grinnell | Josiah B. Grinnell | 527 | standard | 29 January 1943 | 4 March 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Josiah Bartlett | Josiah Bartlett | 205 | standard | 18 May 1942 | 27 September 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Josiah Cohen | Josiah Cohen | 2887 | standard | 13 October 1944 | 23 November 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Josiah D. Whitney | Josiah Dwight Whitney | 1637 | standard | 22 March 1943 | 16 April 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Livingston (AP-163), scrapped 1973 |
| SS Josiah Earl | Josiah Earl | 1662 | standard | 4 May 1943 | 27 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Josiah G. Holland | Josiah G. Holland | 1884 | tanker | 14 August 1943 | 17 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, grounded on Great Sitkin Island 1965 |
| SS Josiah Nelson Cushing | Josiah Nelson Cushing | 1651 | standard | 16 April 1943 | 8 May 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Josiah Parker | Josiah Parker | 132 | standard | 16 July 1942 | 26 September 1942 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964 |
| SS Josiah Quincy | Josiah Quincy | 799 | standard | 8 June 1943 | 28 July 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Josiah Royce | Josiah Royce | 714 | standard | 20 January 1943 | 16 February 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Josiah Snelling | Josiah Snelling | 541 | standard | 6 April 1943 | 30 April 1943 | Kamikazied 1945, repaired, scrapped 1961 |
| SS Josiah Tattnall III | Josiah Tattnall III | 2884 | standard | 23 September 1944 | 3 November 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Joyce Kilmer | Joyce Kilmer | 1796 | standard | 7 September 1943 | 1 October 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS Juan Bautista de Anza | Juan Bautista de Anza | 1657 | standard | 26 April 1943 | 18 May 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Lynx (AK-100), scrapped 1972 |
| SS Juan Cabrillo | Juan Cabrillo | 291 | standard | 9 May 1942 | 27 June 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Juan de Fuca | Juan de Fuca | 1747 | standard | | 11 January 1943 Delivered | Sold 3 March 1948 |
| SS Juan Flaco Brown | Juan Flaco Brown | 1634 | standard | 16 March 1943 | 12 April 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Juan N. Seguin | Juan N. Seguin | 2934 | standard | 26 April 1944 | 31 May 1944 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Juan Pablo Duarte | Juan Pablo Duarte | 2757 | standard | 5 February 1944 | 23 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
| SS Jubal A. Early | Jubal A. Early | 839 | standard | 6 February 1943 | 19 March 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Judah P. Benjamin | Judah P. Benjamin | 7 | standard | 25 April 1942 | 1 July 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Judah Touro | Judah Touro | 1927 | tanker | 20 October 1943 | 5 December 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Mink (IX-123), sold private 1951, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Julia L. Dumont | Julia L. Dumont | 2718 | standard | 2 December 1943 | 20 December 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Julia P. Shaw | Julia P. Shaw | 3083 | standard | 4 November 1944 | 17 December 1944 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Julia Ward Howe | Julia Ward Howe | 335 | standard | 8 September 1942 | 26 November 1942 | Torpedoed and lost off the Azores 1943 |
| SS Julian W. Mack | Julian W. Mack | 2234 | standard | 12 December 1943 | 7 January 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Julien Dubuque | Julien Dubuque | 523 | standard | 9 January 1943 | 16 February 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Julien Poydras | Julien Poydras | 1048 | standard | 11 April 1943 | 17 May 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Juliette Low | Juliette Low | 2446 | standard | 15 March 1944 | 12 May 1944 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Julius Olsen | Julius Olsen | 2923 | standard | 6 March 1944 | 14 April 1944 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and scrapped 1967 |
| SS Julius Rosenwald | Julius Rosenwald | 1533 | standard | 7 July 1943 | 13 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |
| SS Junipero Serra | Junípero Serra | 292 | standard | 20 May 1942 | 30 June 1942 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS Junius Smith | Junius Smith | 2505 | standard | 11 October 1944 | 14 November 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Justin S. Morrill | Justin S. Morrill | 461 | standard | 7 January 1943 | 13 February 1943 | Scrapped 1962 |
| SS Justo Arosemena | Justo Arosemena | 2698 | standard | 7 June 1944 | 26 June 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Kate Douglas Wiggin | Kate Douglas Wiggin | 2175 | standard | 6 October 1943 | 25 October 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Katharine B. Sherwood | Kate Brownlee Sherwood | 2813 | standard | 18 August 1944 | 26 September 1944 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Katharine L. Bates | Katharine L. Bates | 2911 | standard | 18 December 1943 | 9 February 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Keith Palmer | Keith Palmer | 2914 | standard | 10 January 1944 | 23 February 1944 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS Keith Vawter | Keith Vawter | 2182 | standard | 17 October 1943 | 5 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| SS Kemp P. Battle | Kemp P. Battle | 1973 | standard | 23 April 1943 | 18 May 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie | Kenneth A. J. MacKenzie | 1606 | standard | 18 February 1943 | 11 March 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| USS Kent Island (AKS-26) | Kent Island, Maryland | 3092 | standard | 19 November 1944 | 9 January 1945 | To U.S. Navy as AKS-26, scrapped 1961 |
| SS Kenyon L. Butterfield | Kenyon L. Butterfield | 3065 | standard | 1 September 1944 | 17 October 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Kermit Roosevelt | Kermit Roosevelt | 2680 | standard | 30 August 1944 | 5 October 1944 | To U.S. Navy as ARG-16, scrapped 1960 |
| SS Key Pittman | Key Pittman | 512 | standard | 21 November 1942 | 22 December 1942 | To U.S. Navy as Leonis (AK-128), scrapped 1969 |
| SS King Hathaway | King Hathaway | 2819 | standard | 12 September 1944 | 24 October 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS King S. Woolsey | King S. Woolsey | 681 | standard | 9 November 1942 | 13 December 1942 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Kit Carson | Kit Carson | 243 | standard | 17 September 1941 | 6 February 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Knute Nelson | Knute Nelson | 731 | standard | 24 February 1943 | 22 March 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Knute Rockne | Knute Rockne | 1111 | standard | 9 April 1943 | 6 May 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| USS Kochab (AKS-6) | the star Kochab | 2459 | standard | 18 February 1944 | 30 March 1944 | To U.S. Navy as Kochab (AKS-6), to NDRF 1946, scrapped 1965 |
| SS Kyle V. Johnson | Kyle V. Johnson | 2948 | standard | 20 June 1944 | 28 July 1944 | Scrapped 1975 |
| SS L. H. McNelly | L. H. McNelly | 1958 | standard | 1 September 1943 | 19 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, sunk 1967 |
| SS Lafcadio Hearn | Lafcadio Hearn | 1740 | tanker | 7 June 1943 | 31 July 1943 | Sold private 1948, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Lambert Cadwalader | Lambert Cadwalader | 273 | standard | 8 September 1942 | 16 November 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Langdon Cheves | Langdon Cheves | 1051 | standard | 29 March 1943 | 22 May 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS LaSalle Seam | LaSalle Seam | 2836 | collier | 20 November 1944 | 24 January 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Laura Bridgman | Laura Bridgman | 2382 | standard | 23 September 1944 | 30 October 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Laura Drake Gill | Laura Drake Gill | 2943 | standard | 1 June 1944 | 8 July 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Laura Keene | Laura Keene | 1752 | standard | | 21 February 1943 Delivered | Grain storage 1950s, sold for scrap 16 October 1972 |
| SS Laurence J. Gallagher | Laurence J. Gallagher | 2845 | standard | 24 January 1945 | 28 February 1945 | Sold private 1951, scrapped 1966 |
| SS Lawrence D. Tyson | Lawrence D. Tyson | 1988 | standard | 5 June 1943 | 3 July 1943 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lawrence Gianella | Lawrence Gianella | 2125 | standard | 11 November 1943 | 29 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1965 |
| SS Lawrence J. Brengle | Lawrence J. Brengle | 2616 | standard | 3 March 1944 | 5 April 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lawrence T. Sullivan | Lawrence T. Sullivan | 3102 | standard | 29 January 1945 | 28 March 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lawton B. Evans | Lawton Bryan Evans | 746 | standard | 18 November 1942 | 13 January 1943 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS LeBaron Russell Briggs | LeBaron Russell Briggs | 2301 | standard | 29 March 1944 | 12 May 1944 | Scuttled off Cape Canaveral FL, with a cargo of nerve gas 1970 |
| SS Lee S. Overman | Lee S. Overman | 1981 | standard | 16 May 1943 | 11 June 1943 | Mined and lost off Le Havre 1944 |
| SS Leif Ericson | Leif Ericson | 1930 | tanker | 11 October 1943 | 24 December 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Porcupine (IX-126), bombed, torpedoed and lost in Leyte Gulf, 1944 |
| SS Leif M. Olson | Leif M. Olson | 3114 | standard | 12 February 1945 | 14 April 1945 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Leland Stanford | Leland Stanford | 298 | standard | 23 June 1942 | 4 August 1942 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Leo J. Duster | Leo J. Duster | 1829 | standard | 25 October 1943 | 21 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Leon Godchaux | Leon Godchaux | 1934 | tanker | 16 November 1943 | 7 January 1944 | To U.S. Navy as Wildcat (IX-130), then AW-2, to NDRF 1946, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Leon S. Merrill | Leon S. Merrill | 3090 | standard | 4 December 1944 | 27 January 1945 | Stern scrapped 1965, bow converted into derrick barge |
| SS Leonardo L. Romero | Leonardo L. Romero | 2995 | standard | 4 January 1945 | 4 February 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS Leonidas Merritt | Leonidas Merritt | 1564 | standard | 31 May 1943 | 30 June 1943 | Kamikazied in Leyte Gulf 1944, repaired, scrapped 1970 |
| SS Leonidas Polk | Leonidas Polk | 144 | standard | 24 November 1942 | 7 January 1943 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Leopold Damrosch | Leopold Damrosch | 1915 | standard | 29 October 1943 | 25 November 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Leslie M. Shaw | Leslie M. Shaw | 444 | standard | 15 November 1942 | 22 December 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Levi Woodbury | Levi Woodbury | 969 | standard | 11 March 1943 | 15 April 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Lew Wallace | Lew Wallace | 485 | standard | 4 June 1942 | 29 July 1942 | War Shipping Administration troop ship, capacity 1,014. Southwest Pacific Area Army X-124 7/44—1/45. Scrapped Union Minerals & Alloys, 1970 |
| SS Lewis Cass | Lewis Cass | 689 | standard | 27 November 1942 | 29 December 1942 | Wrecked and abandoned off Mexico 1943 |
| SS Lewis Emery Jr. | Lewis Emery, Jr. | 1806 | standard | 22 September 1943 | 15 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lewis L. Dyche | Lewis Lindsay Dyche | 2532 | standard | 6 November 1943 | 26 November 1943 | Kamikazied and lost off Mindoro 1945 |
| SS Lewis Morris | Lewis Morris | 250 | standard | 3 March 1942 | 22 May 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| USS Leyte (ARG-8) | Leyte | 2595 | standard | 20 January 1944 | 18 February 1944 | To U.S. Navy as ARG-8, scrapped 1972 |
| USS Liguria (AKS-15) | Liguria | 3071 | standard | 19 September 1944 | 3 November 1944 | To U.S. Navy as AKS-15, scrapped 1974 |
| SS Lillian Nordica | Lillian Nordica | 3010 | standard | 1 February 1944 | 17 March 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Lillian Wald | Lillian Wald | 2722 | standard | 9 December 1943 | 30 December 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS Lincoln Steffens | Lincoln Steffens | 668 | standard | 11 October 1942 | 14 November 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lindley M. Garrison | Lindley M. Garrison | 616 | standard | 7 December 1942 | 31 December 1942 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Linn Boyd | Linn Boyd | 2448 | standard | 5 December 1943 | 28 January 1944 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Linton Seam | Linton Seam | 2842 | collier | 12 December 1944 | 21 February 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1964 |
| SS Lionel Copley | Lionel Copley | 1765 | standard | 16 July 1943 | 12 August 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1972 |
| SS Lloyd S. Carlson | Lloyd S. Carlson | 2989 | standard | 7 December 1944 | 13 January 1945 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1970 |
| SS Loammi Baldwin | Loammi Baldwin | 3060 | standard | 17 August 1944 | 3 October 1944 | Scrapped 1965 |
| SS Lorado Taft | Lorado Taft | 2953 | standard | 13 July 1944 | 19 August 1944 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Lord Delaware | Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr referred to as "Lord Delaware" | 928 | standard | 14 November 1942 | 19 December 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lorenzo C. McCarthy | Lorenzo C. McCarthy | 3128 | boxed aircraft transport | 23 May 1945 | 31 July 1945 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lorenzo De Zavala | Lorenzo De Zavala | 854 | standard | 19 April 1943 | 29 May 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Lorrin A. Thurston | Lorrin A. Thurston | 2226 | standard | 18 August 1943 | 10 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Lot M. Morrill | Lot M. Morrill | 3042 | standard | 8 June 1944 | 29 July 1944 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Lot Whitcomb | Lot Whitcomb | 1594 | standard | 17 January 1943 | 16 February 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lou Gehrig | Lou Gehrig | 210 | standard | 21 October 1942 | 17 January 1943 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Louis A. Godey | Louis A. Godey | 1074 | standard | 12 November 1943 | 20 December 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Louis A. Sengteller | Louis A. Sengteller | 2149 | standard | 24 August 1943 | 14 September 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Louis Agassiz | Louis Agassiz | 1624 | standard | 24 March 1943 | 13 April 1943 | To Russia 1943 as Emilian Pugachev, scrapped 1977 |
| SS Louis Bamberger | Louis Bamberger | 2508 | standard | 28 October 1944 | 29 November 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1971 |
| SS Louis C. Tiffany | Louis C. Tiffany | 1846 | standard | 23 November 1943 | | Burnt on the ways and scrapped 1943 |
| SS Louis D. Brandeis | Louis D. Brandeis | 943 | standard | 31 December 1942 | 20 February 1943 | Scrapped 1964 |
| SS Louis Hennepin | Louis Hennepin | 540 | standard | 30 March 1943 | 29 April 1943 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Louis Joliet | Louis Joliet | 449 | standard | 2 December 1942 | 6 January 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Louis Kossuth | Louis Kossuth | 1838 | standard | 13 November 1943 | 4 December 1943 | Scrapped 1959 |
| SS Louis Marshall | Louis Marshall | 1019 | standard | 15 June 1943 | 23 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, wrecked and sunk 1964 |
| SS Louis McLane | Louis McLane | 684 | standard | 16 November 1942 | 17 December 1942 | Scrapped 1966 |
| SS Louis Pasteur | Louis Pasteur | 2123 | standard | 30 October 1943 | 23 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Louis Sloss | Louis Sloss | 2779 | standard | 10 March 1944 | 3 April 1944 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Louis Sullivan | Louis Sullivan | 2781 | standard | 14 March 1944 | 5 April 1944 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Louis Weule | Louis Weule | 2771 | standard | 26 February 1944 | 20 March 1944 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Louisa M. Alcott | Louisa M. Alcott | 992 | standard | 30 April 1943 | 28 May 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Lucien B. Maxwell | Lucien B. Maxwell | 1959 | standard | 7 September 1943 | 23 October 1943 | Wrecked and lost in the Seine Estuary 1945 |
| SS Lucien Labaudt | Lucien Labaudt | 2782 | standard | 17 March 1944 | 7 April 1944 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1969 |
| SS Lucius Fairchild | Lucius Fairchild | 2521 | standard | 18 October 1943 | 6 November 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lucius Q. C. Lamar | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | 1029 | standard | 25 January 1943 | 6 March 1943 | Scrapped 1967 |
| SS Lucretia Mott | Lucretia Mott | 1607 | standard | 20 February 1943 | 13 March 1943 | Scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lucy Stone | Lucy Stone | 474 | standard | 13 February 1943 | 13 March 1943 | Scrapped 1972 |
| SS Luis Arguello | Luis Arguello | 679 | standard | 5 November 1942 | 9 December 1942 | Scrapped 1960 |
| SS Lunsford Richardson | Lunsford Richardson | 2374 | standard | 2 August 1944 | 9 September 1944 | Scrapped 1961 |
| SS Luther Burbank | Luther Burbank | 1099 | standard | 12 March 1943 | 9 April 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Eridanus (AK-92), sold private 1947, broke in two 1955, repaired, scrapped 1972 |
| SS Luther Martin | Luther Martin | 49 | standard | 8 May 1942 | 4 July 1942 | Scrapped 1971 |
| SS Luther S. Kelly | Luther S. Kelly | 1709 | standard | 23 June 1943 | 14 July 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1968 |
| SS Lydia M. Child | Lydia M. Child | 720 | standard | 31 January 1943 | 28 February 1943 | Torpedoed and sunk off Newcastle NSW 1943 |
| SS Lyman Abbott | Lyman Abbott | 1461 | standard | 28 November 1942 | 22 April 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Lyman Beecher | Lyman Beecher | 1229 | standard | 27 September 1942 | 26 November 1942 | Sold private 1946, scrapped 1967 |
| SS Lyman Hall | Lyman Hall | 345 | standard | 23 June 1942 | 6 February 1943 | Scrapped 1963 |
| SS Lyman J. Gage | Lyman J. Gage | 520 | standard | 29 December 1942 | 29 January 1943 | To U.S. Navy as Cheleb (AK-138), scrapped 1978 |
| SS Lyman Stewart | Lyman Stewart | 1658 | standard | 27 April 1943 | 20 May 1943 | Scrapped 1970 |
| SS Lyon G. Tyler | Lyon G. Tyler | 1799 | standard | 12 September 1943 | 10 October 1943 | Sold private 1947, scrapped 1963 |