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World War II Liberty ship of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Stephen Furdek was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Stephen Furdek, a Roman Catholic priest, co-founder of the First Catholic Slovak Union, commonly known as Jednota, and an ardent activist for Slovak identity and nationhood.
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Name | Stephen Furdek |
Namesake | Stephen Furdek |
Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
Operator | Merchants & Miners Transportation Company |
Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2299 |
Builder | J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida |
Cost | $991,203[1] |
Yard number | 40 |
Way number | 1 |
Laid down | 16 March 1944 |
Launched | 28 April 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Virginia Dickerman |
Completed | 23 May 1944 |
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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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Stephen Furdek was laid down on 16 March 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2299, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 28 April 1944.[3][1]
She was allocated to Merchants & Miners Transportation Company, on 23 May 1944. On 27 September 1948, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in Mobile, Alabama. On 13 May 1970, she was sold, along with SS Isaac M. Singer, for $61,202.08 to Union Minerals and Alloys Corporation, for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 1 June 1970.[4][5]
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