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.

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.

On 3 August 1949, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas.