SS Roy James Cole

History
United States
Name	Roy James Cole
Namesake	Roy James Cole
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2403
Builder	J.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia
Cost	$931,476
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; ;
Fate	Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas, 3 August 1949; Sold for commercial use, 2 March 1951;
United States
Name	North Heaven
Operator	Merchants Steamship Corp.
Acquired	3 August 1949
Fate	Sold, 4 February 1954
United States
Operator	Delphi Steamship Co.
Acquired	4 February 1954
Fate	Sold, September 1954
Liberia
Acquired	September 1954
Fate	Scrapped, 1970
General characteristics
Class & 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-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun; Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun; 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or,; 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns;

NameRoy James Cole

NamesakeRoy James Cole

Orderedas type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2403

BuilderJ.A. Jones Construction, Brunswick, Georgia

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.

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United States
Name	Roy James Cole
Namesake	Roy James Cole
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 Sold for commercial use, 2 March 1951


United States
Name	North Heaven
Operator	Merchants Steamship Corp.
Acquired	3 August 1949
Fate	Sold, 4 February 1954


United States
Operator	Delphi Steamship Co.
Acquired	4 February 1954
Fate	Sold, September 1954


Liberia
Acquired	September 1954
Fate	Scrapped, 1970


General characteristics ^[2]
Class & 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-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted 4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single 20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 × 37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns