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[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:
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: 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 and type:
Tonnage: 7,176 GRT
Displacement: 14,245 long tons (14,474 t) (max)
Length:
  • 441 feet 6 inches (135 m) oa
  • 417 feet 8.75 inches (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 boilers
  • 2,500 hp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity:
  • 10,856 LT DWT
  • 7,176 GT
  • 562,608 cubic feet (15,931 m3) (grain)
  • 499,573 cubic feet (14,146 m3) (bale)
Complement:
Armament:

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.[3][1]

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.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 MARCOM.
  2. ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
  3. ↑ J.A. Brunswick 2010.
  4. ↑ Liberty Ships.
  5. ↑ MARAD.

Bibliography

  • "Jones Construction, Brunswick GA". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  • "Liberty Ships – World War II". Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  • Maritime Administration. "Roy James Cole". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  • Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  • "SS Roy James Cole". Retrieved 19 November 2017.


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