SS John Gorrie was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after John Gorrie, an American physician, scientist, inventor of mechanical cooling, and humanitarian.

John Gorrie was laid down on 29 August 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 1194, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; she was sponsored by Mrs. Denis J. O'Mahoney, the wife of the general manager of the St. John's River SB Co., she was launched on 27 March 1943.

[1][2] She was allocated to South Atlantic Steamship Company, on 24 May 1943.

On 22 September 1948, she was laid up in the, National Defense Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Oregon.