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Vessel Data and Contact Information for the
Kaiyo

Last Updated - 6/1/2017
Main Activities
Dimensions
Capacities & Workspaces
Range, Speed, Endurance
Accommodations
DP Equipment
CTD Specs
Coring Specs
Underwater Vehicles
Diving Capabilities
Engineering Design
Navigation & Communications
Acoustics & Profiling
Winches, Gantries & Cranes
Construction
Country: Japan

NODC Code:

49XK
    Call Sign: JGBF
Owner: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Operator: Hydropraphic and Oceanographic Department, JCG
Contact: S/V Operation Office
Address: S/V Operation Office,
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Information Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Telephone: 81-335413690
Fax: 335427174
Email:
Year Built: 1993
Ship URL: Link to Ship Home Page

Ship Schedule URL:

Ship Schedule via its Home Page

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Main Dimensions

  Length OA: 61.5  m
  Breadth: 28  m
  Freeboard to working deck: Unknown
  Max. draft: 6.3  m
   

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Main Vessel Activity

  Main Activity: Oceanography, Geology, Hydrography
  Operating Area: Northwest Pacific Ocean
  Navy Grids Supported:
   

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Capacities and Working Spaces

  Gross tonnage: 3350  GRT
  Dry cargo holds: Unknown
  Fuel: 133.36  m3
  Wet Labs Area: Unknown
  Dry Lab Area: Unknown
  Fresh Water
 Storage Capacity:
66.36  m3
  Fresh Water Generator Capacity: Unknown
  Scientific Clean Water Generation: no
  Free Working Deck Area: Unknown
  Space for container lab: Unknown
  Radioactive Isotope Work Areas: no  m
   

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Range, Speed and Endurance

  Range: 5000  nautical miles
  Cruising Speed: 14  kts.
  Max. Speed: 14.2  kts.
  Endurance: 10  days
   

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Accommodation

  Officers: 18
  Other crew: 7
  Scientists: 31
  Air Conditioned: Unknown
     

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Data Processing Equipment:

  Computers: yes
  Printing/Plotting: yes
     

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CTD Specifications:

  CTD Aboard: no
  CTD Type: Unknown
  CTD Tow able: Unknown
  CTD Oxygen Sensing: Unknown
  CTD Transmissivity: Unknown
  CTD Fluormeter: Unknown
  CTD Rosette: Unknown
     

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Coring Specifications:

  Coring Capabilities Aboard: no
  Grab Sampler: no
  Box Corer: no
  Gravity Corer: no
  Piston Corer: no
  Multi Corer: no
     

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Underwater Vehicle Capabilities:

  Underwater Vehicle Support: no
  ROVs: no
  AUVs: no
  Submersibles: no
     

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Diving Support:

  Diving Capabilities: no
     

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Engineering Design Particulars

 

Ice Breaking Ability:

no
 

Hull Materials:

 
Steel
  Dynamic Positioning Ability: Unknown
  Engines: Main engine(s): number:  Unknown   make:  6DLM-24S(L)
Power (BHP) each engine:  Total 2200 ps
Propeller Diameter:  1.385   m Max. RPM:   690
Total power auxiliary diesels:  Unknown
  HP
  Electrical Systems:  
 

AC    

 Voltages: 0/225V
     kVA: 45
    Phases: 3
   

Frequency:

Unknown
   

Stabilized System:  Unknown  VAC  Unknown  AMPs   Unknown  Hz

 

DC

  Unknown   Volts with  Unknown  Volts Max

       
 

Fixed Equipment

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Navigation and Communication:

  Navigational Equipment: Radar SatNav Gyro Loran
  Communications Equipment: Fax SatCom
  Satellite Communications Equipment: yes
  GPS: yes, Hybrid positioning system
     

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Acoustics and Profiling:

  Echosounders: ATLAS.DESO-22
  Sonar Type: Unknown
  Sea Surface Mapping System: yes
  Side Scanning: yes
  Multibeam: Narrow multi-beam echo sounder
  Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler: yes
  Silent Ship Operations: Unknown
     

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Oceanographic:

  Winches: 1  
    Steel Wire Length: 3000  m,  safe working load:  1  tons
    Conducting Cable Length:  0  m , safe working load:  0  tons
    Trawl winch length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
    Other Winches:
      Length:  Unknown , safe working load:  Unknown
     
  Gantry: Position: Unknown
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown , and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  Unknown

       
  Crane: Position: Stern
   

Clearance above deck:  Unknown  and outboard extension:  Unknown

   

Safe working load at maximum reach:  0.5  tons

       
  Other:   Unknown
       

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Vessel Construction and Maintenance Supervision

  Construction Supervised by: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Led., Shimonoseki
  Classification Society: Unknown
  Others, Specify: Unknown
     
 
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