Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
TS Nippo Maru (ship)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1894 - present
History
Steel, 2,891 tons gross, three masted training vessel for merchant service cadets. Also has diesel propulsion. She replaced an earlier training barque with the same name that served from 1930 to 1984. The first Nippon Maru is now a museum.