Word: nereus
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...idea of this cruise of the "Nereus" with a crew made up entirely of college students, was conceived some three months ago by Captain B. W. Joy and Lieutenant Commander John McCracken, who are to share the command of the vessel during the three months cruise It is the first time that such a trip has ever been undertaken, and the response among seafaring college men has been quick in the various colleges of the East where recruiting stations have been opened. The maximum capacity for the cruise is 100 berths, and already a crew of over...
...vessel is the "Nereus", a steel schooner, square-rigged. It is 242 feet in length, 39 feet wide, with a depth of 23 feet. She has a gross tonnage of over 8,000 tons, and her masts, which are steel, shoot up 150 feet above the deck...