USS George F. Elliott (AP-105) was a troop transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to bear the name (the first being the transport AP-13, which was lost to enemy action in August 1942). AP-105, a Maritime Commission (CP-3) type was built as SS Delbrasil in 1939 by Bethlehem Steel at Sparrows Point, Maryland, and delivered to the Mississippi Shipping Company on 31 May 1940. On 25 August 1943 she was acquired by the Navy, renamed USS George F. Elliott (AP-105), and commissioned 23 September 1943, Commander A. J. Couble in command.
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