Research Vessel Mirai

operated by Japan Marine Science & Technology Center

Operator

Japan Marine Science & Technology Center

2-15 Natsushima, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan

Phone: +81-468-66-3811

http://www.jamstec.go.jp/

Builder

 

Keel Laid

 

Launched

 

Completed

September, 1997

Length(o.a)

128.58m

Breadth (mld.)

19.0m

Draft (mｌd.)

6.9m

Gross Tonnage

8,687 tons

Accommodation

Crew                     34 persons

Observation staff    18 persons

Researchers           28 persons

Total:                     80 persons

Cruising Speed

16 knots

Cruising Range

12,000 nautical miles

Main Engine

Diesel engines 2,500hp x 4units

Propeller

Controllable pitch propeller x 2units

Main Generator

 

Bow Thruster

 

Laboratories

Labs (13)
Container labs (4)

Main Equipments

Acoustic navigation instrument (transducer with elevator)
Multi narrow-beam sounder
Acoustic current meter
Sub-bottom profiler
Ocean Lidar System
Radio navigation instrument
CTD water sampling instrument
XBT, XCP, XCTD 200 liter water sampler
20 ml piston corer (for 10,000 m depth)
Proton magnetometer
Shipboard gravimeter
Shipboard magnetometer

Ship data control system
Upper atmosphere meteorological observation instruments (for radiosonde, etc.)

Deck Gears

Gallows (11 tons)
Survey winches (7)
Traction Winches (3)
Swell compensators (3)
Meteorological Observation Rooms (3)
Articulated deck cranes (3 tons - mR)
Jib deck cranes (10 tons - 20 mR)
Moored buoy handling systems
CTD water sampler handling system

A-shaped stern gantry

A-frame crane (22 tons)