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A render of the Yūshin Maru type whale catcher.
History
Japan
Name	Yūshin Maru No. 2
Owner	Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha, Ltd.
Operator	Institute of Cetacean Research
Port of registry	Tokyo, Japan
Builder	Naikai Shipbuilding & Engineering, Setoda
Laid down	March 6, 2002
Launched	June 11, 2002
Identification	IMO number: 9278040 MMSI number: 432364000 Call sign: JPPV
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Type	Whaler
Tonnage	747 gross tonnage (GT)
Length	69.61 m (228.4 ft) o/a
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft) (moulded)
Height	19.5 m (64 ft)
Draft	4.718 m (15.48 ft)
Installed power	5280 PS / 3900 kW
Speed	22 kts
Crew	8

The Yūshin Maru No. 2 (第二勇新丸, Daini Yūshin Maru) is a Japanese-registered whale catcher that undertakes whaling operations in the North Pacific Ocean and Southern Ocean. Along with other vessels of the Japanese whaling fleet, she has been featured on American television since 2008, in the documentary-style reality series Whale Wars.

Sea Shepherd confrontations

On January 15, 2008, two members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, traveling on the MV Steve Irwin, boarded the Yūshin Maru No. 2 without permission. They were detained on board the ship for two days before being transferred to the Australian customs vessel MV Oceanic Viking.

On February 6, 2009, the MV Steve Irwin collided with the Yūshin Maru No. 2 as the activist vessel attempted to obstruct the transfer of a whale up the slipway of the factory ship Nisshin Maru. Both sides claimed the other responsible. Pete Thomas of the LA Times speculated as to "whether actions are truly on behalf of the whales, or merely to obtain dramatic footage for the Animal Planet series, Whale Wars".

On January 15, 2017, the Yushin Maru No. 2 was again found fishing for whales within the Australian Whale Sanctuary by the Sea Shepherd. As the Sea Shepherds scouting helicopter flew overhead, Japanese whalers scrambled to cover a dead Antarctic Minke Whale.

• Sister ship Yūshin Maru with a Whale
• Sister ship Yūshin Maru with a Whale

See also

• Institute of Cetacean Research
• Whaling in Japan

References

1. Single Ship Report for "9278040", Miramar Ship Index, Accessed 8 February 2011
2. ^ Matsuoka, K.; Tamura, T.; Mori, M; Isoda, T.; Yoshida, T.; Moriyama, R.; Yamaguchi, F.; Yoshimura, I.; Wada, Atsushi; Nakai, Kazuyoshi; Tsunekawa, Masaomi; Ogawa, Tomoyuki (June 2012). "Cruise Report of the Second Phase of the Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic (JARPAII) in 2011/2012" (PDF). Institute of Cetacean Research. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. "Whale Wars: About the Series". Animal Planet. Retrieved November 4, 2008.
4. Perry, Michael (5 February 2009). "Anti-whaling protest ship collides with Japanese whaler". Reuters.
5. Thomas, Pete (6 February 2009). "Whale war between Japan and Sea Shepherd becomes increasingly confrontational". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
6. Reilly, S.B.; Bannister, J.L.; Best, P.B.; Brown, M.; Brownell Jr., R.L.; Butterworth, D.S.; Clapham, P.J.; Cooke, J.; Donovan, G.P.; Urbán, J.; et al. (2008). "Balaenoptera bonaerensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T2480A9449324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T2480A9449324.en.

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