SS James H. Kimball was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II.

She was named after James H. Kimball, the chief meteorologist in the New York Weather Bureau.

James H. Kimball was laid down on 7 March 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2298, by J.A.

Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 22 April 1944.

On 26 November 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Astoria, Oregon.