SS Laura Bridgman was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after Laura Bridgman, the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language.

Laura Bridgman was laid down on 23 September 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2382, by J.A.

On 16 October 1945, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Suisun Bay Group.

She was removed from the fleet on 26 June 1950, to be loaded with grain, she relocated to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in the Hudson River Group, on 13 July 1950.