Engineering:Yūshin Maru

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A render of the Yushin Maru type whale catcher.
History
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Name: Yūshin Maru
Owner: Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd.
Operator: Institute of Cetacean Research
Port of registry: Tokyo, Japan
Builder: Hakata Zosen, Hakata
Launched: 24 July 1998
Identification:
General characteristics
Type: Whaler
Tonnage: 1,025 gross tonnage (GT)[3]
Length: 69.61 m (228.4 ft) o/a
Beam: 11.5 m (38 ft) (moulded)
Height: 19.5 m (64 ft)[2]
Draft: 4.3 m (14 ft)
Installed power: 5280 PS / 3900 kW[2]

The Yūshin Maru (勇新丸, Yūshin Maru) is a Japan ese-registered whale catcher that undertakes whaling operations in the North Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. Along with other vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet, she has been featured on United States of America n television since 2008, in the documentary-style reality series Whale Wars.[4]

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