Whaling ships . In 1939 there were six large Japanese 
whaling factory vessels operating in the Antarctic with 49 catcher 
boats. The whalers averaged about 16,700 tons and the catcher boats 
about 350 tons. 
The whaling ships operating in coastal and colonial waters are 
smaller but modern vessels ■— typically 100 - 120 tons of the Norwegian 
type. 
Government vessels . The government of Japan and the 
governments of the various prefectures have training vessels, oceano¬ 
graphic research vessels and patrol craft. These are modem vessels, 
most of them from 300 to 500 tons in sise. 
Distribution . Table 9 shows the general distribution of all 
Japanese vessels. Of the deep-sea vessels more than 8800 were operating 
off Japan proper. These vessels totaled about 212,000 tons or an 
average of little more than 20 tons. 
TABLE 9 
Distritaition of Japanese Vessels, 1938 
Coastal fishery, home waters ca. 440,000 
Deep-sea fishery * 10,000 
Home waters 8,836 
Korean waters ca. 1,000 
Formosan waters 26 
Kwangtung Leased Territory 146 
South Seas area (Nanyo) 191 
West-central Pacific whalers 30 
Antarctic whalers (mother ships only) 6 
Soviet waters 132 
Floating canneries 15 
Source: Japan Yearbook , 1940. 
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