SS Roy James Cole

History
United States
Name	Roy James Cole
Namesake
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2403
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$931,476[1]
Yard number	188
Way number	6
Laid down	23 January 1945
Launched	28 February 1945
Sponsored by	Mrs. Kenneth H. Cole
Completed	17 March 1945
Identification	Call Signal: ANMX [1]
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 3 August 1949
Status	Sold for commercial use, 2 March 1951
United States
Name	North Heaven
Operator
Acquired	3 August 1949
Fate	Sold, 4 February 1954
United States
Operator
Acquired	4 February 1954
Fate	Sold, September 1954
Liberia
Acquired	September 1954
Fate	Scrapped, 1970
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380 long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length	441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa 416 feet (127 m) pp 427 feet (130 m) lwl
Beam	57 feet (17 m)
Draft	27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
Installed power	2 × Oil fired 450 °F (232 °C) boilers, operating at 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × triple-expansion steam engine,  (manufactured by General Machinery Corp., Hamilton, Ohio) 1 × screw propeller
Speed	11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity	562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain) 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement	38–62 USMM 21–40 USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted 3 inches (76 mm)/50 caliber gun Stern-mounted 4 inches (102 mm)/50 caliber gun 2–8 × single 20 millimeters (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37 millimeters (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SS Roy James Cole was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after , who was lost at sea while he was the Chief engineer on , 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.^[3][1]

History[]

She was allocated to the , 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 , for commercial use and renamed North Heaven. On 4 February 1954, she was sold to . In September 1954, she was sold to a Liberian shipping company. She was scrapped in 1970.^[4][5]

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