Nippon Maru (1984)

Nippon Maru (日本丸) is a Japanese training sailing ship operated by the Japan Agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarer (JMETS) (海技教育機構) under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).^[1][2]

Nippon Maru in Yokohama
History
Japan
Name	Nippon Maru
Owner	Japanese Government
Operator	Agency of Maritime Education and Training for Seafarer (海技教育機構)
Port of registry	Tokyo, Japan
Builder	Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Launched	15 February 1984
Completed	16 September 1984
Identification	IMO number: 8211502 MMSI number: 431498000 Callsign: JFMC
Status	Operational
General characteristics
Displacement	1,456 DWT
Length	110.1 metres (361 ft)
Beam	13.8 metres (45 ft)
Height	55.5 metres (182 ft)
Draught	6.6 metres (22 ft)
Installed power	2 Daihatsu 6DSMB-28NS Diesel engines
Sail plan	Four-masted Barque
Complement	190 (120 trainees)

This article is about the tall ship built in 1984. For her predecessor of the same name, see Nippon Maru (1930).

She was built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries in Uraga, Kanagawa, and was launched on 15 February 1984 with the then Crown Prince Akihito in attendance. She was commissioned by the former National Institute for Sea Training (NIST) (航海訓練所) on 16 September 1984. NIST was absorbed by MLIT and restructured as JMETS in 2016. She was built as a replacement for the 1930-built barque Nippon Maru.^[2]

Nippon Maru is 110.1 metres (361 ft) long, with a beam of 13.8 metres (45 ft) and a draft of 6.5 metres (21 ft).^[2] Her gross tonnage is 2,891.^[2] She is rigged as a four-masted barque, with 36 sails and a total sail area of 2,760 square metres (29,700 sq ft), and has two 1,500-horsepower diesel engines for auxiliary functions.^[2] She has a crew complement of 70, with a training complement of 120 trainees.^[2] She has won the Boston Teapot Trophy 3 times, the fastest a 1,201 nm run averaging 9.6 knots in 1993.