Yūshin Maru No. 3
A render of the Yūshin Maru type whale catcher.
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 Japan
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| 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, Call sign: 7JCH MMSI: 432621000 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Whaler |
| Tonnage: | 742 gross tonnage (GT) |
| 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) |
| Draft: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power: | 5280 PS / 3900 kW |
| 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.
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
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