title: SS Roy James Cole
text: # SS Roy James Cole
  
  SS Roy James Cole was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Roy James Cole, who was lost at sea while he was the Chief engineer on SS Expositor, after she was torpedoed by German submarine U-606, on 22 February 1943, in the North Atlantic.
  
  ## Construction
  
  Roy James Cole was laid down on 23 January 1945, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2403, by J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia; she was sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth H. Cole, sister-in-law namesake, and launched on 28 February 1945.
  
  ## History
  
  She was allocated to the Blidberg & Rothchild Co. Inc., on 17 March 1945. On 3 August 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 2 March 1951, she was sold to Merchants Steamship Corp., for commercial use and renamed North Heaven. On 4 February 1954, she was sold to Delphi Steamship Co. In September 1954, she was sold to a Liberian shipping company. She was scrapped in 1970.
  
  