SS Joseph V. Connolly was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

Joseph V. Connolly was laid down on 25 May 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 3143, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 9 July 1945.

[4] In March 1947 Connolly was specially converted for the transportation of United States' war dead at the Hoboken Shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Company.

[5] On 26 October 1947 she arrived at New York carrying the first 6,248 war dead from Europe.