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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 | 11.5knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SSStephen Furdek was aLiberty ship built in theUnited States duringWorld War II. She was named afterStephen Furdek, aRoman Catholic priest, co-founder of theFirst Catholic Slovak Union, commonly known as Jednota, and an ardent activist forSlovak identity and nationhood.
Stephen Furdek was laid down on 16 March 1944, under aMaritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2299, byJ.A. Jones Construction,Panama City, Florida; she was launched on 28 April 1944.[3][1]
She was allocated toMerchants & Miners Transportation Company, on 23 May 1944. On 27 September 1948, she was laid up in theNational Defense Reserve Fleet, inMobile, Alabama. On 13 May 1970, she was sold, along withSS Isaac M. Singer, for $61,202.08 toUnion Minerals and Alloys Corporation, for scrapping. She was withdrawn from the fleet on 1 June 1970.[4][5]
