Kaiko Maru

History
Name:	Kaiko Maru
Operator:	Institute of Cetacean Research
Launched:	1972
Identification:	IMO Number: Callsign:
Notes:	Spotter Ship for ICR

The 'Kaiko Maru' (海幸丸) was the spotter ship for the Japanese whaling fleet. In 2007, it collided with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society vessel MY Robert Hunter and was disabled.^[1] It sent out a mayday and the Robert Hunter, Farley Mowat, and the Esperanza responded until the Kaiko Maru was repaired.

It has since been sold to Specialised Vessel Services as a guard ship and renamed the Frobisher.

References

↑ Japanese whaler, anti-whaling ship collide, China Economic Net, February 15, 2007

Whaling fleet of the Institute of Cetacean Research (ICR)

Factory ships	Nisshin Maru

Harpoon ships	Yūshin Maru Yūshin Maru No. 2 Yūshin Maru No. 3

Support ships	Sun Laurel Shōnan Maru 2 Kaiko Maru

Catch	Antarctic minke whale Bryde's whale Common minke whale Fin whale Sei whale Sperm whale

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