RV Yokosuka

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RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.

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AI-generated illustration of RV Yokosuka

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of RV Yokosuka (RV Yokosuka is a Japanese research vessel operated by JAMSTEC, best known for supporting deep-sea exploration missions, including dives to the Challenger Deep with the submersible Shinkai 6500.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
DSV Shinkai 6500 1
RV Yokosuka canonical 1
research vessel Yokosuka 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf research vessel ⓘ
ship ⓘ
beam 16.0 m ⓘ
buildDate 1990 ⓘ
builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ⓘ
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shimonoseki Shipyard ⓘ
callsign JNSY ⓘ
classification oceanographic research vessel ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
crewCapacity about 60 persons ⓘ
fieldOfWork deep-sea geology ⓘ
marine science ⓘ
ocean engineering ⓘ
flag Japan ⓘ
grossTonnage 4463 GT ⓘ
hasEquipment A-frame for submersible handling ⓘ
scientific laboratories ⓘ
winches for deep-sea operations ⓘ
hasFacility accommodation for scientists ⓘ
helicopter landing area ⓘ
hasMission support manned dives to depths greater than 6000 m ⓘ
hasSubordinate DSV Shinkai 6500 ⓘ
linked to: RV Yokosuka
homeport Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan ⓘ
IMONumber 8917223 ⓘ
length 105.2 m ⓘ
managedBy JAMSTEC Ship Management Division ⓘ
namedAfter city of Yokosuka ⓘ
navigationArea Pacific Ocean ⓘ
world oceans ⓘ
notableFor Japanese deep-sea research operations ⓘ
supporting Shinkai 6500 dives to Challenger Deep ⓘ
operator JAMSTEC ⓘ
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology ⓘ
owner Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology ⓘ
propulsion diesel-electric ⓘ
purpose oceanographic research ⓘ
support of manned submersible operations ⓘ
registryPort Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo
serviceEntry 1990 ⓘ
status in active service ⓘ
supports Challenger Deep exploration missions ⓘ
deep-sea exploration missions ⓘ
dives of Shinkai 6500 ⓘ
uses deep-submergence vehicle Shinkai 6500 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Challenger Deep → surveyedBy → RV Yokosuka ⓘ
RV Yokosuka → hasSubordinate → DSV Shinkai 6500 ⓘ
linked to: RV Yokosuka
Shinkai 6500 → operatedFrom → research vessel Yokosuka ⓘ
linked to: RV Yokosuka