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{{Short description|Liberty ship of WWII}}
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|Ship caption=SS ''James Woodrow'' {{circa}} 1942
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag= {{USN flag|1948}}
|Ship name= ''James Woodrow''
|Ship namesake= [[James Woodrow]]
|Ship owner = [[War Shipping Administration]] (WSA)
|Ship operator = [[Agwilines Inc.]]
|Ship awarded = 30 January 1942
|Ship ordered = as type ([[Liberty ship|EC2-S-C1]]) hull, [[Maritime Commission|MCE]] hull 929
|Ship builder= [[Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard]], [[Baltimore]], Maryland{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}}
|Ship original cost=$1,072,856{{sfn|MARCOM}}
|Ship yard number= 2079
|Ship way number= 13
|Ship laid down= 26 November 1942
|Ship launched= 9 January 1943
|Ship completed= 19 January 1943
|Ship sponsor= Mrs. Fitz Williams Woodrow
|Ship identification = *[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: KJLT
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|Ship fate= Laid up in Reserve Fleet, 12 January 1946, sold for scrap 15 May 1954
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'''SS ''James Woodrow''''' was a [[Liberty ship]] built in the [[United States]] during [[World War II]]. She was named after [[James Woodrow (professor)|James Woodrow]]. He was an 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 [[ship sponsor|sponsored]] by Cicely deGraffenreid Woodrow, wife of James grandson Colonel Fitz William McMaster Woodrow I, and was launched on 9 January 1943.{{sfn|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}}{{sfn|MARCOM}}

==History==
She was allocated to [[American South African Line Inc.]], on 19 January 1943.{{sfn|MARAD}}

On 12 January 1946, she was laid up in the [[Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet]], in [[Benicia, California|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.{{sfn|MARAD}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite web
| url = http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/bethfairfield.htm
| title = Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD
| publisher = www.ShipbuildingHistory.com
| date = 16 July 2025
| access-date = 7 August 2021
| ref = {{sfnRef|Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards|2021}}
}}
* {{cite web
|url= https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/2466
|title=James Woodrow
|author=Maritime Administration
|work=Ship History Database Vessel Status Card
|publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration
|access-date= 16 July 2025
|ref={{sfnref|MARAD}}
}}
* {{cite web
|last= Davies
|first= James
|url= http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf
|title= Specifications (As-Built)
|page=23
|date= May 2004
|access-date= 16 July 2025
}}
* {{cite web
|url= https://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=James%20Woodrow&code=B0929a
|title= SS ''James Woodrow''
|access-date= 16 July 2025
|ref= {{sfnRef|MARCOM}}
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