SS Meteor (MC hull number 292, Type C2-S-B1) was built by the Moore Drydock Co. in Oakland, CA in 1943, and upon completion of construction was pressed into service as a War Shipping Administration (WSA) troop transport vessel.

It transported troops throughout the Pacific Ocean from 1943 through 1945.

It traveled from California to locations such as Hawaii, Eniwetok, Ulithi, Okinawa, Saipan and Guam, among others.

[1] After the war the ship entered the James River reserve fleet on 19 April 1946.

Meteor was reconverted to civilian use during early to mid 1947 and sold 12 December 1947 to U.S. Lines to be renamed American Miller.