(4/7/2004)
Indonesia's only tall-ship, the KRI Dewaruci set sail from Jakarta on Friday, April 2, 2004, on a 114-day global friendship and training tour.
A 3-masted barquentine built in 1953, the 191-foot long Dewaruci, with its 75-member crew and cadet complement of 68, will visit Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Hong Kong, Fuzhou (PRC), Shanghai (PRC), Nampo (North Korea), Inch'on (South Korea), Vladivostok (Russia), Tokyo, Naha (Japan) and Manila.
Before returning to port in Surabaya, Indonesia's tall ship and its uniformed friendship ambassadors will have sailed 12,167 nautical miles, spending 72 days at sea and 33 days in port calls.
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