Yushin Maru No. 3
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]
 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: | |
| Status: | in active service |
| 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: | 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 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 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
References
- Single Ship Report for "9414096", Miramar Ship Index, Accessed 8 February 2011
- 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.
- "YUSHIN MARU NO 3 (ship): ship particulars". FleetMon.com.
- "Whale Wars: About the Series". Animal Planet. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
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