Engineering:Yushin Maru No. 3
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Short description: Japanese whaler
 A render of the Yūshin Maru type whale catcher.
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 Japan
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| Name: | Yushin Maru |
| Owner: | Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd. |
| Operator: | Institute of Cetacean Research |
| Port of registry: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Builder: | Naikai Shipbuilding & Engineering, Setoda |
| Launched: | 3 July 2007 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Whaler |
| Tonnage: | 742 gross tonnage (GT)[2] |
| Length: | 69.61 m (228.4 ft) o/a |
| Beam: | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) (moulded) |
| Height: | 19.5 m (64 ft)[2] |
| Draft: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power: | 5280 PS / 3900 kW[2] |
| Crew: | 8 |
The Yushin Maru No. 3 (第三勇新丸 Daisan 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 television, in the documentary-style reality series Whale Wars.[4]
Yūshin Maru No. 3 was built in 2007 and replaced the Kyo Maru No. 1, which was later preserved as a museum ship in Taiji, Japan.
Sister ship Yūshin Maru with a Whale
Sister ship Yūshin Maru with a Whale
See also
- Whaling in Japan
- Institute of Cetacean Research
References
- ↑ Single Ship Report for "9414096", Miramar Ship Index, Accessed 8 February 2011
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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 NO 3 (ship): ship particulars". FleetMon.com. http://www.fleetmon.com/en/vessels/Yushin_Maru_No_3_11331.
- ↑ "Whale Wars: About the Series". Animal Planet. http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/about/.
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