SS Henry B. Brown was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Henry B. Brown, an American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, from 1891 to 1906.
Construction Henry B. Brown was laid down on 15 December 1942, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MCE hull 938, by the Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland; she was sponsored by Mrs. L. J. Salon, and launched on 28 January 1943.
History She was allocated to the Black Diamond Steamship Co., on 17 February 1943.
On 6 April 1948, she was laid up in the Wilmington Reserve Fleet, in Wilmington, North Carolina. On 17 March 1965, she was sold for $50,050, to Northern Metals, to be scrapped. On 25 March 1965, she was withdrawn from the fleet.
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