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

John L. McCarley was laid down on 10 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2342, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Estell Twing, the wife of W.B.

After a number of contracts, on 19 August 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama.

She was sold for scrapping, 1 May 1972, to Pinto Island Metals Co., for $36,850.