SS Virginia Dare (MC contract 147) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America, who disappeared along with the rest of the Roanoke Colony.

The ship was laid down by North Carolina Shipbuilding Company in their Cape Fear River yard on 28 May 1941, then launched on 3 February 1942.

[2] Virginia Dare was operated by South Atlantic Steamship Lines under charter with the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration.

In September 1942 Greene was part of the heavily escorted Arctic Convoy PQ 18 when her crew was credited with shooting down seven German aircraft and received the Gallant Ship Citation.