SS Henry Gilbert Costin

History
United States
Name	Henry Gilbert Costin
Namesake	Henry Gilbert Costin
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc.
Ordered	as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MCE hull 950
Awarded	30 January 1942
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Cost	$1,068,726
Yard number	2100
Way number	11
Laid down	23 January 1943
Launched	9 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Elizabeth Costin
Completed	23 March 1943
Identification	Call sign: KKNG
Fate	Laid up in reserve fleet, 18 August 1949, sold, 12 January 1951
United States
Name	Joseph Feuer
Owner	Arrow SS Corp.
Fate	Sold, April 1951
United States
Name	Joseph Feuer
Owner	Cotiship Corp.
Fate	Sold, September 1954
Liberia
Name	Evy
Fate	Sold, 2 January 1959
United States
Name	Valiant Faith
Owner	Aphrodite SS Corp.
Fate	Sold, May 1959
United States
Name	Valiant Faith
Owner	Lib SS Corp.
Fate	Sold, 6 October 1961
Greece
Name	Hermioni, 1961 Arya Jayanti, 1963
Fate	Scrapped, December 1966
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 Ellicott Machine Corp., Baltimore, Maryland) 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

SS Henry Gilbert Costin was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry Gilbert Costin, a private in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I, near Bois–de–Consenvoye, France, during the Meuse–Argonne offensive.

Construction

Henry Gilbert Costin was laid down on 23 January 1943, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 950, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Costin, the mother of Henry Costin, and launched on 9 March 1943.

History

She was allocated to the Cosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc., on 23 March 1943.

On 18 September 1949, she was laid up in the Beaumont Reserve Fleet, in Beaumont, Texas. On 12 January 1951, she was sold to Arrow SS Corp., and renamed Joseph Feuer. She was sold on 2 January 1959, reflagged in Liberia, and renamed Evy. In 1960, she was again flagged in the US and renamed Valliant Faith. On 6 October 1961, she was reflagged in Greece, and renamed Hermioni and then Arya Jayanti in 1963. She was scrapped in Bombay, India, in December 1966.

Bibliography

• "Bethlehem-Fairfield, Baltimore MD". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
• Maritime Administration. "Henry Gilbert Costin". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
• Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)" (PDF). p. 23. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
• "SS Henry Gilbert Costin". Retrieved 1 August 2025.
• Sawyer, L.A.; Mitchell, W.H. (1985). The Liberty Ships. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Great Britain: St. Edmundsbury Press Ltd. ISBN 1850440492.

Further Reading

• Williams, Greg H. (2014). The Liberty Ships of World War II. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 9780786479450.