USS Joseph M. Auman (APD-117), was a Crosley-class high-speed transport commissioned in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1946.

After duty at San Diego, Private Auman served at Guadalcanal where he was killed in action 12 November 1942.

Joseph M. Auman was laid down as the Rudderow-class destroyer escort USS Joseph M. Auman (DE-674) on 8 November 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Company at Orange, Texas, and was launched on 5 February 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Bernard Toomey, the aunt of the ship's namesake.

Joseph M. Auman departed San Diego 20 October 1945 and steamed to Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands, where she embarked 100 U.S. Navy passengers and carried them to Samar.

Joseph M. Auman continued to carry cargo and passengers in the Pacific until she returned to the United States during the first half of 1946.