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[[File:Kanrinmaru.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A painting of the ''Kanrin maru'', by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter [[Iizuka Reiji]], on display at the [[Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall]]]]

[[File:Kanrinmaru.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A painting of the ''Kanrin maru'', by ''[[yoga|yôga]]'' painter [[Iizuka Reiji]], on display at the [[Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall]]]]

*''Japanese'': 咸臨丸 ''(kanrin maru)''

*''Japanese'': 咸臨丸 ''(kanrin maru)''

The ''Kanrin Maru'' was the first ship to cross the Pacific Ocean with a Japanese pilot, doing so in the early months of [[1860]], as part of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese embassy to the United States]]. It is generally considered Japan's second Western-style modern warship, after the ''[[Soembing|Kankô Maru]]'',<ref name=iizuka>Gallery label, Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.</ref> though the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' was constructed by [[Satsuma han]] and gifted to the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] around the same time.

The ''Kanrin Maru'' was the first ship to cross the Pacific Ocean with a Japanese pilot, doing so in the early months of [[1860]], as part of the [[1860 Japanese Embassy to the United States|first Japanese embassy to the United States]]. It is generally considered Japan's second Western-style modern warship, after the ''[[Soembing|Kankô Maru]]'',<ref name=iizuka>Gallery label, Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.</ref> though the ''[[Shoheimaru|Shôheimaru]]'' was constructed by [[Satsuma han]] and gifted to the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] around the same time.

The ship was a 292-ton, screw-driven corvette of Dutch construction. It was 49 meters long, and could travel at up to six knots.<ref name=iizuka/> It set out from [[Yokohama]] along with the ''[[USS Powhatan]]'' on 1860/1/19 (Feb 10), bound for [[San Francisco]]. Captained by [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]] and commanded by [[Minister of the Navy|Navy Minister]] [[Kimura Kaishu|Kimura Kaishû]], its crew of 96 Japanese was joined by a number of American sailors and one American officer, since no Japanese crew had ever made such a long journey. The ''Powhatan'' carried the three lead ambassadors and their direct entourage, while the remainder of the more than 170 members of the mission rode on the ''Kanrin Maru''.

The ship was a 292-ton, screw-driven corvette of Dutch construction. It was 49 meters long, and could travel at up to six knots.<ref name=iizuka/> Originally named the ''Japan'', the Dutch-built ship first arrived in [[Nagasaki]] on [[1857]]/8/5.<ref>Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 393.</ref>

 

Renamed the ''Kanrin-maru'', the ship set out from [[Yokohama]] along with the ''[[USS Powhatan]]'' on 1860/1/19 (Feb 10), bound for [[San Francisco]]. Captained by [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]] and commanded by [[Minister of the Navy|Navy Minister]] [[Kimura Kaishu|Kimura Kaishû]], its crew of 96 Japanese was joined by a number of American sailors and one American officer, since no Japanese crew had ever made such a long journey. The ''Powhatan'' carried the three lead ambassadors and their direct entourage, while the remainder of the more than 170 members of the mission rode on the ''Kanrin Maru''.

The ''Kanrin Maru'' was damaged in a storm during the voyage, and returned directly to Japan after receiving repairs in San Francisco, while the ''Powhatan'' continued onwards to Panama.

The ''Kanrin Maru'' was damaged in a storm during the voyage, and returned directly to Japan after receiving repairs in San Francisco, while the ''Powhatan'' continued onwards to Panama.