RV Mirai
Mirai on 27 December 2007 | |
| History | |
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| Japan | |
| Name | Mutsu |
| Namesake | Mutsu, Aomori |
| Ordered | 17 November 1967 |
| Builder | Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo, Japan |
| Yard number | 2107 |
| Laid down | 27 November 1968 |
| Launched | 12 June 1969 |
| Completed | 4 September 1972 (fuel loaded) |
| Decommissioned | 1992 |
| Fate | Rebuilt as the research vessel Mirai |
| Japan | |
| Name | Mirai |
| Namesake | Japanese for "future" |
| Owner | Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki, Japan (new stern section) |
| Completed | 1 October 1997 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as Mutsu) | |
| Type | General cargo ship |
| Length | 130 m (427 ft) |
| Beam | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Draught | 6.9 m (23 ft) |
| Depth | 13.2 m (43 ft) |
| Installed power | 36-megawatt Mitsubishi PWR (LEU <= 4.44%) |
| Propulsion | Steam turbine, 10,000 shp |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Crew | 80 |
| General characteristics (as Mirai) | |
| Type | Research vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 128.5 m (422 ft) |
| Beam | 19 m (62 ft) |
| Draught | 6.9 m (23 ft) |
| Depth | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Ice class | 1A |
| Installed power | 4 × Daihatsu 6DKM-28 (4 × 1,838 kW) |
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| Range | 12,000 nautical miles (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
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RV Mirai is a Japanese oceanographic research vessel. She was originally built as the nuclear-powered general cargo ship Mutsu, but never carried commercial cargo.