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.
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