SS Stepas Darius
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SS Stepas Darius was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Steponas Darius, a Lithuanian American pilot, who died in a non-stop flight attempt with Lituanica from New York City to Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1933.
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Name | Stepas Darius |
Namesake | Steponas Darius |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | William J. Rountree Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2320 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $989,881[1] |
Yard number | 61 |
Way number | 6 |
Laid down | 14 August 1944 |
Launched | 25 September 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Harley Ferguson |
Completed | 10 October 1944 |
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Panama | |
Name | MANDO |
Owner | Compania de Navegacion Phoceana de Panama |
Fate | Grounded, 21 January 1955 |
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Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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