Sail training ship “Nippon Maru” (日本丸) at Kobe on 15th July 2017
Rig: 4-masted barque
Owner: Japanese Government (Ministry of Communications)
Operator: National Institute for Sea Training, Yokohama
Port of registry: Tokyo
Builder: Sumitomo Heavy Industries' Uraga Yard, Yokosuka
Gross tonnage: 2,570
Dimensions (hull): 110.09 x 13.80 x 10.72 m
Auxiliary engines: 2 x diesels, 3,000 b.h.p.
Service speed (under power): 13.2 knots
Complement: 190
Completed: September 1984
Replaced a vessel of same name (IMO no. 5243157), now serving as a museum ship in Yokohama (there are several photos of her on this website)