SS Art Young was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after Art Young, an American cartoonist and writer from Illinois.

[3] Art Young was laid down on 5 October 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2328, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. J. Philo Caldwell, wife of the chief estimator at JAJCC, and launched on 13 November 1944.

On 15 April 1948, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina.