Engineering:Yūshin Maru
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 A render of the Yushin Maru type whale catcher.
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 Japan
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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 |
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| 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]
Gallery
Yūshin Maru with a Whale
Yūshin Maru with a Whale
See also
- Whaling in Japan
- Institute of Cetacean Research
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "YUSHINMARU: ship particulars". Fleetmon.com. https://www.fleetmon.com/vessels/yushinmaru_9197181_68131/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsuoka, K.; Tamura, T.; Mori, M; Isoda, T.; Yoshida, T.; Moriyama, R.; Yamaguchi, F.; Yoshimura, I. et al. (June 2012). "Cruise Report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPAII) in 2011/2012". Institute of Cetacean Research. http://www.icrwhale.org/pdf/SC6402.pdf.
- ↑ "Yushin Maru (9197181)". Miramar Ship Index. https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/9197181.
- ↑ "Whale Wars: About the Series". Animal Planet. http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/about/.
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