SS Louis D. Brandeis was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Louis D. Brandeis, an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1916 to 1939.
Construction Louis D. Brandeis was laid down on 31 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 943, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was launched on 20 February 1943.
History She was allocated to the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., on 8 March 1943.
On 14 June 1946, she was laid up in the Wilmington Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 30 October 1964, she was sold to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp., for $48,129.79, to be scrapped. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 10 January 1965.
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