The second USS Kiowa (ID-1842) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.

She was one of the first of what became a large group of standard-type cargo ships constructed on the Great Lakes during World War I.

On 13[3] or 26[4] February 1918, the U.S. Navy took control of Kiowa from her owners, Agwilines Inc, for use during World War I and assigned her the naval registry identification number (Id.

Assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service, Kiowa arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, on 25 March 1918 to transport coal along the United States East Coast.

She made two additional transatlantic voyages carrying naval mines and minelaying equipment to North Sea ports in July and September 1918.