Name Shinkai 2000 Sponsored by JAMSTEC Acquired 1981 Launched 1981 | Laid down 1978 Completed 1981 Construction started 1978 Length 9.3 m | |
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Builder Similar DSV Shinkai 6500, DSV Shinkai, Chikyū Commissioned 1981 Decommissioned 2004 Maiden voyage 1983 In service 1983 Out of service 2002 Homeport Yokosuka Status Preserved at Shin Enoshima aquarium Type Deep-submergence vehicle Length 9.3 m (31 ft) Beam 2.9 m (9.5 ft) Draft 3.0 m (9.8 ft) Installed power electric motor Speed 3.0 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) Endurance 80h Test depth 2,000 m (6,600 ft) Complement 3 | ||
The Shinkai 2000 (しんかい) is a manned research submersible that can dive up to a depth of 2,000 m. It was completed in 1981 and until 1991 it had the greatest depth range of any manned research vehicle in the Japan. The Shinkai 2000 is owned and run by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and it is launched from the support vessel Natsushima.
Two pilots and one researcher operate within a 30 mm thick High-strength low-alloy steel pressure hull with an internal diameter of 2.2 m. Buoyancy is provided by syntactic foam.
Three methacrylate resin view ports are arranged at the front and on each side of the vehicle.
References
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