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|Ship caption        = ''Age of Union'' in 2014 as ''Sam Simon''
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|Ship country        = [[Japan]]
|Ship flag           = [[File:Flag of Japan.svg|60px|Japanese flag]]
|Ship name           = Seifu Maru
|Ship owner          = [[Japan Meteorological Agency]]<ref name="trid">((cite journal| url= http://trid.trb.org/view.aspx?id=445348|title=430t Type Marine Meteorological and Oceanographical Observation Ship, Seifu Maru |journal= TRID Database|year=1994 |accessdate=18 December 2012))</ref>
|Ship operator       = [[Maizuru, Kyoto|Maizuru]] Marine Observatory
|Ship registry       = 
|Ship builder        = Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd
|Ship original cost  = 
|Ship yard number    = 3035<ref name="seaweb">((cite web|url=http://www.sea-web.com|title=Sam Simon|work=[[IHS Inc.|IHS-Fairplay]] Sea-web database (subscription)|accessdate=18 December 2012))</ref>
|Ship laid down      = 6 April 1992<ref name="seaweb" />
|Ship launched       = 11 August 1992<ref name="seaweb" />
|Ship christened     = 1993
|Ship completed      = 22 January 1993<ref name="trid" /><ref name="seaweb" />
|Ship in service     = 1993–2010
|Ship reinstated     = 
|Ship homeport       = [[Maizuru, Kyoto]]
|Ship identification = ((IMO Number|9053452))<ref name="marinetraffic">((cite web|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx?MMSI=572490210|title=Kaiko Maru No. 8|work=MarineTraffic.com|accessdate=16 December 2012))((dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref>
|Ship fate           = Sold in 2010
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|Ship country        = Japan
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|Ship name           = Kaiko Maru No. 8
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|Ship operator       = 
|Ship registry       = 
|Ship acquired       = 2010
|Ship in service     = 2010–2012
|Ship renamed        = 2010
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|Ship identification =*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: JIVB
*((MMSI Number|572490210))<ref name="marinetraffic" />
|Ship fate           = Sold in 2012
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|Ship country        = [[Tuvalu]]
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|Ship registry       = [[Funafuti]]
|Ship acquired       = September 2012
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|Ship refit          = 
|Ship identification =*[[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: T2FS4
*((MMSI Number|572490210))<ref name="marinetraffic" />
|Ship fate           = Management assumed by [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]; transferred to Australian register
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|Ship country        = [[Australia]]
|Ship flag           = [[File:Civil Ensign of Australia.svg|60px|Australian flag]]
|Ship name           = ''Sam Simon''
|Ship namesake       = [[Sam Simon]]
|Ship owner          = New Atlantis Ventures LLC<ref name="seaweb" />
|Ship operator       = [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]<ref name="seaweb" />
|Ship registry       = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia<ref name=amsa />
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|Ship in service     = <!-- Don't add a month here  until the transfer date is confirmed - don't assume. -->2012–2013
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|Ship identification = [[Maritime call sign|Call sign]]: VJN4108
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|Ship country=[[Netherlands]]
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|Ship name=*2013–2022: ((MY|Sam Simon))
*since 2022: MY ''Age of Union''
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|Ship class          = Research/Survey Vessel
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((MY|Age of Union)) is a vessel of the [[Neptune's Navy|Sea Shepherd Conservation Society fleet]], the ship was previously named after American television producer and writer [[Sam Simon]], who donated the money to purchase the vessel. The ship's identity was kept secret, to be revealed when she met the Japanese whaling fleet in 2012, but was identified when her registration was discovered on the [[Australian Maritime Safety Authority]]'s list of registered ships.<ref name=amsa>((cite web|url=http://www.amsa.gov.au/Shipping_Registration/List_of_Registered_Ships/Page_55.asp|title=List of Registered Ships|publisher=[[Australian Maritime Safety Authority]]|accessdate=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908062129/http://amsa.gov.au/Shipping%5FRegistration/List%5Fof%5FRegistered%5FShips/Page_55.asp|archive-date=8 September 2012|url-status=dead))</ref>

''Age of Union'' is the former Japanese weather survey ship ''Kaiko Maru No 8''. Sea Shepherd paid the [[Government of Japan]] AUD $2,000,000 for the vessel.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/national/japanese-duped-in-2m-ship-purchase-20121210-2b5ok.html|title=Japanese duped in $2m ship purchase|first=Andrew|last=Darby|newspaper=[[WAtoday]]|date=11 December 2012|accessdate=11 December 2012))</ref> She was renamed '''MV ''New Atlantis''''' shortly before being moved to [[Brisbane]], [[Queensland]]. She was subsequently re-registered under the Australian flag as a pleasure craft called ''Sam Simon''.<ref name=amsa />

==Service==
((more citations needed section|date=December 2012))<!-- Only the first sentence in the first paragraph is cited. Much of the remainder was added by an IP that included copyright violations. The remaining content in the first citation still needs sources. -->
''Age of Union'' was built by [[IHI Corporation|Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co Ltd]] in Tokyo, Japan as ''Seifu Maru''<ref name="seaweb" /> (清風丸, Seifū Maru – meaning ''cool breeze''), a marine meteorological and oceanographic observation ship. The purpose of ''Seifu Maru'' and her sister ships was to conduct observations of the pollution affecting the marine environment in the waters around Japan and the western North Pacific, covering greenhouse gases, ozone-depleting substances, heavy metals, and oils. The Japan Meteorological Agency operated five ships: ''Chofu Maru'' (長風丸, 1987), ''Kofu Maru'' (高風丸, 1988), ''Seifu Maru'' (清風丸, 1993), ''Ryofu Maru'' (凌風丸, 1995) and ''Keifu Maru'' (啓風丸, 2000). ''Seifu Maru'' was operated by the Maizuru Marine Observatory and worked in the [[Sea of Japan]]. The Japanese [[Argo (oceanography)|ARGO]] Program (アルゴ計画) was completed and the un-needed vessel was sold to Offshore Operation Co. Ltd and was renamed ''Kaiko Maru No 8'' in 2010.((fact|date=May 2022))

[[File:Neptune Navy - MY Sam Simon-Hobart 2012.jpg|thumb|left|MY ''Sam Simon'' in Hobart, Tasmania in December 2012]]
In September 2012, ''Kaiko Maru'' was purchased by New Atlantis Ventures LLC, based in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] USA (a [[shell corporation]] of Sea Shepherd), and renamed ''New Atlantis'', registered under the flag of Tuvalu. In December 2012, ''New Atlantis'' was renamed ''Sam Simon''. $500,000 of upgrades for increased speed and range were undertaken in Brisbane, where she was docked and supplies were taken on board for the voyage to the whale sanctuary.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/environment/whale-watch/red-herrings-allow-protest-group-to-target-japans-whaling-fleet-20121210-2b5kf.html|title=Red herrings allow protest group to target Japan's whaling fleet|first=Andrew|last=Darby|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=11 December 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012))</ref> The vessel was publicly unveiled in [[Hobart]], [[Tasmania]] in December 2012.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/12/10/the-sss-sam-simon-is-unveiled-in-hobart-tasmania-1471|title=The SSS Sam Simon is Unveiled in Hobart, Tasmania|first=Locky|last=Maclean|publisher=[[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]|date=10 December 2012|accessdate=18 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214065957/http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2012/12/10/the-sss-sam-simon-is-unveiled-in-hobart-tasmania-1471|archivedate=14 December 2012))</ref>

On February 20, 2013, the Japanese whaling ship ''[[Nisshin Maru]]'' collided with ''Sam Simon'', ((MY|Steve Irwin)) and ((MY|Bob Barker)) multiple times in a confrontation in the Southern Ocean, north of Australia's [[Casey Station|Casey Research Station]] in Antarctica.<ref>((cite news| url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Sea-Shepherd-claims-victory-in-Southern-Ocean-after-collisions/tabid/417/articleID/287594/Default.aspx| work=3 News NZ| first=Kim| last=Choe| title=Sea Shepherd claims victory over whalers| date=February 21, 2013| access-date=2013-02-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926081649/http://www.3news.co.nz/Sea-Shepherd-claims-victory-in-Southern-Ocean-after-collisions/tabid/417/articleID/287594/Default.aspx#| archive-date=2013-09-26| url-status=dead))</ref>
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The MY Sam Simon currently operates in Europe and West Africa. In Europe, the Sam Simon crew are filming the activities of trawler type vessels in an attempt to draw attention to dolphin bycatch (dolphins unintentionally caught in the nets of the trawlers). In West Africa, the Sam Simon crew are partnering with several Governments to stop [[illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing|illegal fishing]] happening within West African waters.((fact|date=May 2022))

As from 24 May 2021, the MY Sam Simon has been sighted in the Port of Gibraltar for a technical call.((fact|date=May 2022))

Sam Simon was renamed Age of Union in January 2022 after a $4.5 million donation by Dax Dasilva.<ref name="ssgageofunion">((cite web |title=Sea Shepherd Welcomes Age of Union to the Fleet |url=https://www.seashepherdglobal.org/latest-news/age-of-union-welcome/ |website=Sea Shepherd Global |access-date=13 January 2022 |language=en |date=5 January 2022))</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((commons category|IMO 9053452))
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105152852/http://www.jma-net.go.jp/maizuru/product/marine.html Sea state of the Sea of Japan – Maizuru Marine Observatory (Japanese)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130120083209/http://www.jma-net.go.jp/maizuru/cgi-bin/index.php Sea Meteorological Observation Report – Maizuru Marine Observatory (Japanese)]
* [http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=528877747124659&set=pb.127178640627907.-2207520000.1355254153&type=3&theater Images of the ''Sam Simon'']

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