USAT J. W. McAndrew was a Type C3-P&C troop ship for the United States Army during World War II.

The ship was quickly converted for troop transport and made four voyages between New Orleans and Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone.

In November the transport was assigned to the New York Port of Embarkation from which it made trips to Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Canal Zone, Trinidad, and New Orleans.

After the landing the transport returned to New York to make regular voyages to African and European ports until May–June 1944 when the ship underwent major repairs.

[3] On 13 March 1945 in convoy during a storm the Béarn lost steering and collided with the transport resulting in the loss of 68 troops and one Naval Armed Guardsman.