Nippon Maru (1930)

Nippon Maru
Nippon Maru
	Nippon Maru in Yokohama
Japanese name
Kanji	日本丸
Hiragana	にっぽんまる
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Nippon Maru

Nippon Maru (日本丸) is a Japanese museum ship and former training vessel. She is permanently docked in Yokohama harbor, in Nippon Maru Memorial Park.^[1]

She was built by Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation in Kobe, and was launched on 27 January 1930 alongside her sister ship Kaiwo Maru.^[2] She was operated by the Tokyo Institute for Maritime Training to train officers for Japan's merchant marine.^[2] At the beginning of World War II, her sailing rig was removed and she served as a training and postwar transport motorship.^[2] In 1952, her rig was reinstalled and she resumed her training voyages until she was replaced in September 1984 by her successor, also named Nippon Maru.^[2]

Nippon Maru measures 97 metres (318 ft) long, with a beam of 12.95 metres (42.5 ft) and a draft of 6.90 metres (22.6 ft).^[2] Her gross tonnage is 2,286.^[2] She is rigged as a four-masted barque, with 32 sails covering 2,397 square metres (25,800 sq ft), and two 600-horsepower diesel engines for auxiliary functions.^[2] During her career as a training ship, she was manned by a crew of 27 officers, 48 seamen, and 120 trainees.^[2]

^ Yokohama Visitors Guide, Nippon Maru Archived 16 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. ISBN 978-1588163844.

[1] Yokohama Visitors Guide, Nippon Maru Archived 16 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2012-6-28.

[book-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Schäuffelen, Otmar (2005). Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World. Hearst Books. ISBN 978-1588163844.

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