SS Gouverneur Morris (Hull Number 1627) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Gouverneur Morris, a Founding Father who wrote large sections of the United States Constitution, including its Preamble.

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History
United States
Name	Gouverneur Morris
Namesake	Gouverneur Morris
Builder	Oregon Shipbuilding Company, Portland, Oregon[1]
Laid down	29 March 1943
Launched	18 April 1943
Fate	Transferred to Russia, 1943
Soviet Union
Name	Leningrad
Acquired	1943
Renamed	Ivan Kulibin
Fate	Scrapped, 1974
General characteristics
Type	Liberty ship
Tonnage	7,000 long tons deadweight (DWT)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Propulsion	2 × oil-fired boilers Triple expansion steam engine, 2,500 hp (1,864 kW) single screw
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	9,140 tons cargo
Complement	41
Armament	1 × 4 in (100 mm) deck gun Variety of anti-aircraft guns

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The ship was laid down on 29 March 1943, then launched on 18 April 1943. She was given to the Soviet Union in 1943, where she was renamed the Leningrad. Later in her life, she was given the name Ivan Kulibin after an 18th-century Russian mechanic and inventor before the ship was scrapped in 1974.