SS James Woodrow was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after James Woodrow. He was an uncle of United States President Woodrow Wilson, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, and later president of the College of South Carolina.
Construction James Woodrow was laid down on 26 November 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 929, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Cicely deGraffenreid Woodrow, wife of James grandson Colonel Fitz William McMaster Woodrow I, and was launched on 9 January 1943.
History She was allocated to American South African Line Inc., on 19 January 1943.
On 12 January 1946, she was laid up in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, in Benicia, California. Sometime before 21 December 1951, she had sustained damage to her hull and propulsion system from grounding, with a $240,000 estimate to repair. On 25 February 1954, it was recommended that she be sold for scrap. On 15 May 1954, she was sold to the Boston Metals Company, for $222,222, to be scrapped.
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