USS J. M. Guffey (ID 1279) was a commercial tanker chartered by the U.S. Navy during World War I.

[1] In 1918 the tanker was operating on bareboat charter on behalf of the British Ministry of War Transport, and a request was made that she be manned by the U.S. Navy as her present master did not desire to remain with the ship and the remaining crew members were willing to enroll in the U. S. Naval Reserve Force.

J. M. Guffey operated out of Invergorden replenishing the oil supplies until 24 January 1919 when—after delaying her departure until she received new boiler tubes—she sailed for the United States.

The ship had to put into St. John's because her boilers were leaking badly, and she remained there until leaving on 4 April for Philadelphia accompanied by the tug USS Iroquois.

Shipping Board for return to her owners, the Gulf Refining Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.