Yushin Maru No. 3

A render of the Yūshin Maru type whale catcher.
History
Japan
Name: Yushin Maru
Owner: Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd.
Operator: Institute of Cetacean Research
Port of registry: Tokyo, Japan
Builder: Naikai Shipbuilding & Engineering, Setoda
Launched: October 2007
Identification: IMO number: 9414096,[1]
Call sign: 7JCH[2]
MMSI: 432621000[3]
Status: in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Type: Whaler
Tonnage: 742 gross tonnage (GT)[2]
Displacement: 630 GT
Length: 69.61 m (228.4 ft) o/a
Beam: 11 m (36 ft 1 in) (moulded)
Height:

Bow: 6.5 m (21 ft)

Upper bridge: 11.5 m (38 ft)

IO platform: 13.5 m (44 ft)

Barrel: 19.5 m (64 ft)[2]

Draft: 5 m (16 ft 5 in)
Installed power: 5280 PS / 3900 kW[2]
Propulsion: unknown
Speed: unknown, possibly 22 knots
Crew: 8

The Yushin Maru No. 3 (第三勇新丸 Daisan Yūshin Maru) is a Japanese-registered whale catcher that undertakes whaling operations in the North Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. Along with other vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet, its efforts and the ensuing conflict with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society have been featured on American television, in the documentary-style reality series Whale Wars.[4]

The Yūshin Maru No. 3 was built in 2007, and is thus the youngest ship of the Japanese whaling fleet. The Yūshin Maru No. 3 replaces the Shonan Maru, which was sold to the Misaki Fisheries High School.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Single Ship Report for "9414096", Miramar Ship Index, Accessed 8 February 2011
  2. 1 2 3 4 Matsuoka, K.; Tamura, T.; Mori, M; Isoda, T.; Yoshida, T.; Moriyama, R.; Yamaguchi, F.; Yoshimura, I.; Wada, Atsushi; Nakai, Kazuyoshi; Tsunekawa, Masaomi; Ogawa, Tomoyuki (June 2012). "Cruise Report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPAII) in 2011/2012" (PDF). Institute of Cetacean Research. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "YUSHIN MARU NO 3 (ship): ship particulars". FleetMon.com.
  4. ↑ "Whale Wars: About the Series". Animal Planet. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Shonan Maru information". Researchvessels.org. Retrieved 13 January 2010.


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