SS Jerry S. Foley

SS Jerry S. Foley was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after Jerry S. Foley a prominent businessman in Jacksonville, Florida.

Jerry S. Foley was laid down on 23 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2497, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Jerry S. Foley, the wife of the namesake, and was launched on 29 September 1944.

[1][2] She was allocated to the American South African Lines Inc., on 11 October 1944.

On 9 October 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas.