USS Munindies (ID-2093) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. SS Munindies was built as a commercial cargo ship in 1917 at Newport News, Virginia, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company for the Munson Steamship Company of New York City. Launched on 17 October 1917, she was delivered to the Munson Line on 7 December 1917. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service from Munson on 17 December 1917. Assigned naval registry Identification Number (Id. No.) 2093, she was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia, as USS Munindies the same day with Lieutenant Commander H. J. Christofferson, USNRF, in command.