Survey Vessel Shoyo

operated by Hydrographic & Oceanographic Dept., JCG

Operator

Hydrographic & Oceanographic Dept., JCG

5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan

Phone: +81-3-3541-3685, Fax: +81-3-3248-1250

http:// http://www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/jhd-E.html/

Builder

 

Keel Laid

 

Launched

 

Completed

March 1998

Length(o.a)

98.0 m

Breadth (mld.)

15.2 m

Draft (mld.)

7.8 m

Gross Tonnage

3,128 tons

Accommodation

Total: 70 persons

Cruising Speed

17 Knots

Cruising Range

12,000 nautical miles

Thruster Method

Diesel-electric propulsion system with Fixed Pitch Propellers

Main Generator

 

Bow Thruster

 

Laboratories

 

Deck Gears

 

A-shaped stern gantry

 

Main Equipment

·         Hybrid Positioning System

·         Narrow Multi-Beam Sounder (Seabeam2112)

·         Deep Sea Sidescan Sonar

·         Deep Sea Seismic Profiling System 120ch/1ch

·         Sub-Bottom Profiler

·         Magnetic meter

·         Gravity meter

·         Carbon Dioxide meter

·         Wave Meter

·         CTD SBE911Plus (a salino-thermo-depthmeter)

·         ADCP(a tachometry)