February 4, 2011 Gojira And Delta Attack Yushin Maru # 3 with Ropes And Stink Bombs

Narrow Escape for the Gojira

The Yushin Maru No. 3 deliberately turned into Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's ship the Gojira today in an attempt to ram and destroy the fast multi hulled vessel skippered by Captain Locky MacLean.

"It was like staring death in the face when that steel hull suddenly turned into us. We just narrowly avoided being cut in half," said Captain MacLean.

Both vessels were on a parallel course, with the Yushin Maru No. 3 on the starboard side of the Gojira. Suddenly the Yushin Maru No. 3 made a hard turn to their port in an attempt to disable the Gojira.

Captain MacLean saw this in time to hit the throttle, effectively avoiding collision with the Yushin Maru No. 3 with the stern of the Gojira by a mere 10 feet.




Delta boat operator Chad Halstead narrowly avoided being injured when one of the whalers threw a bamboo spear at the boat crew. Sea Shepherd crew recovered a few of these potentially lethal bamboo spears.

The Gojira and the small boats from the Bob Barker were harassing the Yushin Maru No. 3 with stink and paint bombs in an attempt to keep the whaler from tailing Sea Shepherd's vessel the Bob Barker. The operation was a success. The Bob Barker has lost its tail and is now free to search out the Japanese Nisshin Maru factory ship.

With the Bob Barker escaping their grasp, the Yushin Maru No. 3 issued an international distress signal saying they were under attack by Sea Shepherd ships the Bob Barker and the Gojira. However, the Bob Barker was over seven miles away when the whalers issued their distress signal.

Both the Bob Barker and the Gojira acknowledged the distress signal and radioed the Yushin Maru No. 3 to inquire as to the nature of their distress. They were radioed three times in Japanese and in English but refused to reply.




Despite the fact that Sea Shepherd responded to the distress from the whalers and recorded and monitored this acknowledgment, the Institute for Cetacean Research issued a media release accusing Sea Shepherd of not offering assistance when in fact assistance was offered three times.

The Gojira radioed the Yushin Maru No. 3 stating that they would not be hassled if they stopped trailing the Bob Barker. Sea Shepherd views the tailing of their ships as provocation.

The Bob Barker is now free and clear of the Yushin Maru No. 3 and able to continue the pursuit of the Nisshin Maru. The Bob Barker and the Gojira will continue to pursue and harass the Japanese whaling fleet while the Sea Shepherd flagship the Steve Irwin refuels and takes on supplies in Wellington, New Zealand.

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[Scubaman7596]

Thumbs Up if you think Japan, Should quite Screwing up this world. Leave the Whales and the all fish alone, and worry about your Nuclear Plants.

[isaacwest]

did the dude say godzilla @ 0:35 ? :P

[anothersickman]

@Pathadar Listen bud, if you have a problem with Japanese throwing spears, than take it up with Sea Shepherd. SSCS has it coming. If they wanna pick a fight, they have to take the retaliation. The Japanese are allowed to defend themselves. And another thing, the Japanese didn't ram other ships. If you watch the video of the Steve Irwin hitting the Yushin, which happened to be taken from the Nisshin, you'll see it is clearly SSCS fault. I can't believe anyone would believe Paul Watson's lies.

[CrazyStacey101]

Gojira means Godzilla ;)

Its sad how brainwashed Japan is about their whaling...

GO SS !:D

[puffinmuffin13579]

@isaacwest he said godzilla because that's one of the sea shepherd ships :) i think

[ravenspe]

I loved this episode of Whale Wars when they prop fowled that ship. Yushin Captain: "Mayday, mayday, Godzilla is attacking our ship!" lmfao! had me dieing it was so hilarious.

[Pathadar]

The Japanese not only whales illegally and rams other ships, throws spears at people when they are only throwing non lethal means to try and stop them from whaling, but yes they have also fucked the entire planet through their nuclear power arrogance "nothing can happen to our system" by now radiation at low levels has spread around the entire planet it will continue to do so and those cores will continue to burn and burrow deeper and deeper. If Japan gets swallowed by the Earth I won't weep.

[rockstarzadhi]

where is paul watson



[omgitsrez]

@isaacwest Gojira means godzilla to japanese people

[GrimlixCA]

I love how they misspelled theyre OWN name at the end of the video :D

[MrBgb82]

wouldnt it be so easy to just bring some guns i know its illegal and all just so much easyier

[croc560]

@chevyislife all life is part of a circle. bees pollinate for plants, plants provide food for animals which provide food for other animals and they give us meat and plants also provide us food. without that tiny bee, nothing would work. i am not religious and i can care less about it. religion does not justify slaughter. immoral actions will not be tolerated and since its illegal, we have to use force.