Cyrus Willard Cole (21 June, 1876 – 29 July, 1952) was a highly decorated United States Navy officer with the rank of Rear Admiral. While commandant of Portsmouth Navy Yard, Cole served as the officer in charge of the rescue and salvage operations of the sunken submarine Squalus, which accidentally sank off the Isle of Shoals while diving in testing trials on May 23, 1939.