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

She was named after Wendell L. Willkie, an American lawyer, corporate executive, and the 1940 Republican nominee for President.

Wendell L. Willkie was laid down on 8 November 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2333, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; and launched on 9 December 1944.

On 26 July 1949, she was placed in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Mobile, Alabama.