Survey Vessel Takuyo

operated by Hydrographic & Oceanographic Dept., JCG

[TAKUYO Image]

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

NKK Co., Tsurumi Shipyard

Keel Laid

April 1982

Launched

March 1983

Completed

August 1983

Length

96.0 m

Breadth

14.2 m

Draft

4.91 m

Gross Tonneage

2,481 tons

Accommodation

Capacity

Crew:           38 persons

Researcher:   23 persons

Total:            61 persons

Cruising Speed

16 knots

Cruising Range

12,000 nautical miles

Maine Engine

2600ps x 3400rpm x 2units

Propeller

4 bladed CPP x 2 sets

Main Generator

 

Bow Thruster

7ton

Laboratories

 

Deck Gears

 

A-shaped stern gantry

 

Main Equipment

·         Hybrid positioning system

·         Narrow multi-beam echo sounder

·         Deep-sea seismic profiler

·         Towed CTD

·         Ship-drift current meter

·         Hydrographic data acquisition system

·         XBT

·         Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler