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Nisshin Maru
whaling factory ship of the Japanese whaling fleet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nisshin Maru (日新丸) is the primary vessel[5] of the Japanese whaling fleet and is the world's only whaler factory ship.[6] It was the research base ship for the Institute of Cetacean Research for 2002 to 2007.[7] It has a tonnage of 8,145 GT and is the largest member and flagship of the five-ship whaling fleet, headed by leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki. The ship is based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor[8] and was owned by Tokyo-based Kyodo Senpaku, which is a subsidiary of the Institute of Cetacean Research.[9] It stopped being used in 2020.
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Name | Nisshin Maru (Previously Chikuzen Maru)[1] |
Owner | Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd[1] |
Operator | Institute of Cetacean Research |
Port of registry | Japan[1][2] |
Builder | Hitachi Zosen Corporation Innoshima Works |
Laid down | April 1987 |
Launched | August 30, 1987[1] |
Acquired | Kyodo Senpaku from 1991 |
Commissioned | 1991-present |
Decommissioned | 2020 |
In service | Decommissioned[3] |
Out of service | March 2020 |
Homeport | Shimonoseki Harbor, Tokyo, Japan |
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Fate | Undergoing service |
Status | In active service |
General characteristics | |
Type | Whaling factory ship |
Tonnage | 8,145 gross tonnage (GT)[1] |
Length | 129.58 m (425 ft 2 in) o/a[1][2] |
Beam | 19.4 m (63 ft 8 in) (moulded)[2] |
Draft | 11.7 m (38 ft 5 in) |
Propulsion | 5,383 kw (7315 bhp)[1] |
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