SS C. Francis Jenkins was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after C. Francis Jenkins, a pioneer of early cinema and television.

C. Francis Jenkins was laid down on 20 July 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2316, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. E. S. Gladys Morgan, wife of resident MARCOM auditor; and launched on 26 August 1944.

Placed in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama, 2 December 1946.