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[1]
Cost	$1,068,726[2]
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 [2]
Fate	Laid up in reserve fleet, 18 August 1949, sold, 12 January 1951
United States
Name	Joseph Feuer
Owner	Arrow SS Corp. (1951–1952) Contiship Corp. (1952–1954)
Fate	Sold, September 1954
Liberia
Name	Evy
Owner	Bulk Transport
Operator	Contiship Corp.
Fate	Sold, 2 January 1959
United States
Name	Valiant Faith
Owner	Aphrodite SS Corp. (1958–1959) Lib SS Corp. (1959–1961)
Operator	Contiship Corp.
Fate	Sold, 6 October 1961
Greece
Name	Hermioni
Owner	Phoenix SS Corp.
Operator	Mar-Trade Corp.
Fate	Sold, 1963
India
Name	Arya Jayanti
Owner	Jayanti Shipping Co.
Operator	Bombay & London
Fate	Scrapped, December 1966
General characteristics[3]
Class & type	Liberty ship type EC2-S-C1, standard
Tonnage	10,865 LT DWT 7,176 GRT
Displacement	3,380long tons (3,434 t) (light) 14,245long 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 Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp,Harrison, New Jersey) 1 ×screw propeller
Speed	11.5knots (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	38–62USMM 21–40USNAG
Armament	Varied by ship Bow-mounted3-inch (76 mm)/50-caliber gun Stern-mounted4-inch (102 mm)/50-caliber gun 2–8 × single20-millimeter (0.79 in) Oerlikonanti-aircraft (AA) cannons and/or, 2–8 ×37-millimeter (1.46 in) M1 AA guns

SSHenry Gilbert Costin was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterHenry Gilbert Costin, aprivate in theUnited States Army who received theMedal of Honor for his actions inWorld War I, near Bois–de–Consenvoye, France, during theMeuse–Argonne offensive.

Henry Gilbert Costin was laid down on 23 January 1943, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 950, by theBethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard,Baltimore, Maryland; she wassponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Costin, the mother of Henry Costin, and launched on 9 March 1943.^[1][2]

She was allocated to theCosmopolitan Shipping Co., Inc., on 23 March 1943.^[4]

On 18 September 1949, she was laid up in theBeaumont Reserve Fleet, inBeaumont, Texas. On 12 January 1951, she was sold toArrow SS Corp., and renamedJoseph Feuer.^[4] She was sold on 2 January 1959, reflagged inLiberia, and renamedEvy. In 1960, she was again flagged in the US and renamedValliant Faith. On 6 October 1961, she was reflagged inGreece, and renamedHermioni and thenArya Jayanti in 1963. She was scrapped inBombay, India, in December 1966.^[5]

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

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