| SS Stepas Darius | |
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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 Septembert 1944 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Harley Ferguson |
| Completed: | 10 October 1944 |
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| Fate: | Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia, 27 June 1946 |
| Status: | Sold for commercial use, 10 January 1947, withdrawn from fleet, 24 January 1947 |
| Career |  Panama |
| Name: | MANDO |
| Owner: | Compania de Navegacion Phoceana de Panama |
| Status: | Grounded, 21 January 1955 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
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| Length: | 441 ft 6 in (135 m) |
| Beam: | 56 ft 10.75 in (17.3419 m) |
| Draft: | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed: | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 10,800 long tons deadweight (DWT) |
| Complement: | 41 |
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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.
Construction
Stepas Darius was laid down on 14 August 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2320, by J.A. Jones Construction, Panama City, Florida; sponsored by Mrs. Harley Ferguson, wife of assistant general manager JAJCC; and launched on 25 September 1944.[3][1]
History
She was allocated to William J. Rountree & Company, 9 October 1944. On 27 June 1946, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, in James River Reserve Fleet, Lee Hall, Virginia.[4]
She was sold, on 10 January 1947, to Compania de Navegacion Phocena de Panama, for $562,854.89 and commercial use, she was renamed Mando. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 15 January 1947.[4] On 21 January 1955, while sailing from Hampton Roads to Rotterdam, with 9,000 st (130,000 lb; 57,000 kg) of coal, she ran aground off the Round Island, Scilly Islands, when her engines failed. She was declared a total loss.[5]
Wreck located at: 49°34′58″N 6°12′05″W / 49.5827°N 06.2015°WCoordinates: 49°34′58″N 6°12′05″W / 49.5827°N 06.2015°W
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 MARCOM.
- ↑ Davies 2004, p. 23.
- ↑ J.A. Panama City 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 MARAD.
- ↑ Historic England. "MANDO (1519482)". PastScape. http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1519482
Bibliography
- "Jones Construction, Panama City FL". www.ShipbuildingHistory.com. 13 October 2010. http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/jonespanamacity.htm.
- Maritime Administration. "Stepas Darius". Ship History Database Vessel Status Card. U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration. https://vesselhistory.marad.dot.gov/ShipHistory/Detail/4673.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Davies, James (May 2004). "Specifications (As-Built)". p. 23. http://www.ww2ships.com/acrobat/us-os-001-f-r00.pdf.
- "SS Stepas Darius". http://usmaritimecommission.de/query.php?datalist=1&typeofquery=Name%20of%20Ship&valueofquery=Stepas%20Darius&code=B2320a.
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