MS Torrens was a Norwegian cargo motor ship built in 1939 by Kockums Mek.Verksted AB., Malmö, Sweden, for Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg, Norway.

Torrens was built by Kockums Mek.Verksted AB., Malmö, Sweden, as yard number 209 for the Norwegian shipping company Wilhelm Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg, Norway.

Unlike vessels of occupied countries with no government in exile Norwegian ships that escaped the occupation were not subject to seizure of the belligerents and later by the United States.

From June until return to Los Angeles on 20 August Torrens made trips between Manila, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Yokohama.

After an 18 October 1940 departure from Los Angeles Torrens repeated the western Pacific port calls arriving in Yokohama on New Year's Day 1941.

[3] A description of the ship's company is given by members of the Fifth Special Naval Construction Battalion, elements of which embarked at Port Hueneme, California on 26 October 1944, for Milne Bay.

[13][note 5] The first voyage under WSA was bound for the Southwest Pacific where the United States was building up forces in Australia as the Philippines were cut off.

[15] The ship was converted in six weeks at Bethlehem Steel Company, San Francisco, to serve as a troop transport with a capacity for 1,702 passengers.

[6] Torrens made a 9 January 1943 voyage to Nouméa, New Caledonia, Lautoka, Fiji and Apia, Samoa returning early in March.

[5] In early February 1944 Torrens made a voyage to Espiritu Santo, Guadalcanal and Auckland with return to San Francisco before beginning a five month stay in the Southwest Pacific.

[6] In a deviation from the usual sailing from San Francisco directly for destinations across the Pacific Torrens made a stop to embark elements of Naval Construction Battalions at Port Hueneme, California on 26 October 1944.

That voyage eventually included Milne Bay, two calls at Hollandia, Biak and Lae but also the still active war zone of Leyte in the Philippines where landings had begun on 17 October.

The route skirted Guadalcanal and passed through the Bismarck Archipelago giving sight of the small islands with arrival at Milne Bay 11 November for disembarkation.

[5][18] Embarked personnel collected money "in appreciation of their excellent performance shooting down the Jap dive bomber yesterday".

The ship departed Leyte on 22 December stopping at Hollandia and Biak where some 1,000 members of the 55th NCB and some pilots returning to the United States embarked.

[5][6] On 15 June 1945 the ship departed San Francisco and the Pacific, transiting the Panama Canal, for Le Havre, France returning to New York City in July.

S. A. of Piraeus, Greece and transferred to Greek registry as Georgios M. The ship was sold in 1970 and delivered to a Chinese firm for scrapping 13 April 1970 at Hsin Kang, People's Republic of China.