The sail training ship Kaiwo Maru II
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Kaiwo Maru II in Yokohama © baku13/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Kaiwo Maru II is a Japanese four-masted training barque tall ship. She was built in 1989 to replace a
1930 ship of the same name . She is 110.09 m (361.2 ft) overall, with a beam of 13.80 m (45.3 ft) and a depth of 10.70 m (35.1 ft). She is assessed as 2,556 GT. Propulsion is by two 4-cylinder diesel engines and a total of 2,760 m2 (29,700 sq ft) of sails. The engines have a total power of 3,000 horsepower (2,200 kW) and can propel the ship at a maximum of 14.1 kn (26.1 km/h; 16.2 mph), with a normal service maximum of 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph). Kaiwo Maru has a range of 9,800 nmi (18,100 km; 11,300 mi). The four masts are the fore mast, main mast, mizzen mast and jigger mast. The main mast is 43.50 m (142.7 ft). Her complement is 199.
Her keel was laid by Sumitomo Heavy Industries on July 8, 1988 at the Uraga shipyard, near Yokohama . She was launched on March 7, 1989. Kaiwo Maru II was commissioned on September 12, 1989. She is a four masted barque, over 110 meters in length, with a complement of 199. She is a sister ship of Nippon Maru II .
Kaiwo Maru II in Yokohama © baku13/cc-by-sa-3.0
Kaiwo Maru II is a regular participant in international tall ship gatherings such as
Operation Sail and is a multiple winner of the
Boston Teapot Trophy . In 2010, Kaiwo Maru II visited
San Francisco to commemorate the 1860 voyage of the
Kanrin Maru , the first Japanese ship to officially visit the United States. About 90 percent of the journey was made under sail, and they brought one passenger, a retired businessman who is descended from one of the original Kanrin Maru crew members.
In March 2011,
Kaiwo Maru II was on a voyage from Japan to
Honolulu when an
earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. She was subsequently diverted to
Ōkuma, Fukushima where she served as accommodation for workers tackling the
nuclear crisis at the
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant .
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