Record Voyage On
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Sepik River
The Army landing ship "Brudenell White", commanded by Captain W.
M. Blumenfeld, became the first vessel of her size to navigate New Guinea's Sepik River to the junction of the May River in October. The May River junction is 355 miles up stream.
The "Brudenell White", which is 203 ft long and 1,000 tons, was on a month-long assignment to set up fuel dumps along the river for heli copters being used in survey work.
She returned to Wewak on October 26.
The last notable voyage on the Sepik was by the New Guinea Ad ministration's schooner "Hermes".
This vessel reached a point 12 to 15 miles below the October River in October, 1935, after which the voyage was continued to the Dutch New Guinea border in the launch "Osprey", which needed only 5 ft of water.