Training ship “Nippon Maru” (日本丸) arriving at Kobe on 15th July 2017
Type: training ship (4-masted barque)
Owner: Japanese Government (Ministry of Communications)
Operator: National Institute for Sea Training, Yokohama
Flag: Japan
Port of registry: Tokyo
Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Gross tonnage: 2,570
Dimensions (hull): 110.09 x 13.80 x 10.72 m
Auxiliary engines: 2 x diesels, 3,000 p.s.
Service speed (under power): 13.2 knots
Complement: 190
Completed September 1984; replaced a vessel of same name, now serving as a museum ship in Yokohama