Daigo Fukuryū Maru photograph

Daigo Fukuryū Maru

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Launched1947
Length29 m
Crew 23
Displacement140. 86 t (139 long tons)
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID2340233
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About Daigo Fukuryū Maru


Daigo Fukuryū Maru was a Japanese tuna fishing boat with a crew of 23 men which was contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States Castle Bravo thermonuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954. The crew suffered acute radiation syndrome for a number of weeks after the Bravo test in March.

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