【砕氷船宗谷】南極観測だけでない！超強運な奇跡の船だった！Icebreaker Soya It was a miracle ship with super luck!

閉鎖中の海の科学館前に係留されている砕氷船「宗谷」。

南極観測船という方が分かりやすいかもしれません。

ただ、この宗谷。南極観測だけではないのです。
ソ連通商代表部が発注して日本で建造されたにも関わらず日中戦争の悪化で、ソ連に引き渡されず、日本の民間貨物船に。

その後は、大日本帝国海軍に買い取られ、特務艦となり、兵器等の輸送を担います。
さらに海上保安庁の灯台補給船、南極観測船などを歴任した後に、北海道などで救難支援活動を実施。

こうした活動の中で、「奇跡の船」、「北洋の守り神」などと呼ばれるほど、強運の船であったのです。

だからこそ、永久保存されているのだということが、分かりました。

【砕氷船宗谷】南極観測だけでない！超強運な奇跡の船だった！Icebreaker Soya It was a miracle ship with super luck! #jcg #日本海軍
https://youtu.be/fOXusPOzRak

The icebreaker "Soya" moored in front of the Sea Science Museum, which is now closed.

It might be easier to understand it as an Antarctic observation ship.

However, this Soya is not only for Antarctic observation. But Soya is not only for Antarctic observation.
Although ordered by the Office of the Trade Representative of the Soviet Union and built in Japan, it was not delivered to the Soviet Union due to the worsening Sino-Japanese War, and became a Japanese civilian cargo ship.

It was then purchased by the Imperial Japanese Navy and became a special purpose ship, responsible for transporting weapons and other cargo.
She also served as a lighthouse supply ship for the Japan Coast Guard and as an Antarctic research vessel, and then conducted rescue support activities in Hokkaido and other areas.

In the course of these activities, the ship was so fortunate as to be called a "miracle ship" and a "guardian god of the North Seas.

That is why the ship has been permanently preserved.

【砕氷船宗谷】南極観測だけでない！超強運な奇跡の船だった！Icebreaker Soya It was a miracle ship with super luck! #jcg #日本海軍
https://youtu.be/fOXusPOzRak