RV Mirai

History
Name: RV Mirai
In service: 1996
Status: in active service, as of 2009
General characteristics [1][2]
Tonnage: 8,687 GT
Length: 128.5 m (421 ft 7 in)
Beam: 19 m (62 ft 4 in)
Draft: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Depth: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range: 12,000 nmi (22,000 km)
Crew: 80 (34 crew, 46 research personnel)

RV Mirai a is Japanese oceanographic research vessel.[1][1][2][3][4] She was previously the nuclear-powered vessel Mutsu, rebuilt as a conventionally powered ship.

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