Bingo (びんご) is a surveillance ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the fourth ship of the Hibiki class. She was named after the Bingo Sea, which spans across the central Seto Inland Sea.[1] This makes her the first ship to be named in this manner, as the Imperial Japanese Navy never had a ship named after the Bingo Sea.[2]
 Bingo on her launching day | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name | Bingo |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems, Tamano |
| Cost | Approx. 19.6 billion yen |
| Laid down | 19 March 2024 |
| Launched | 17 February 2025 |
| Commissioned | 6 March 2026 |
| Identification | Hull number: AOS-5204 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 67.0 m (219 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 29.9 m (98 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 3,000 hp (2,200 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Crew | About 40 |
| Sensors & processing systems | AN/UQQ-2 sonar |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
History
editUnder the JMSDF's 2022 Mid-Term Defense Program, Bingo was laid down on 19 March 2024 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems' Tamano shipyard, and was named and launched on 17 February 2025.[1][3] The ship was commissioned on 6 March 2026.[2][4]
References
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- 1 2 防衛省 海上自衛隊 [@JMSDF_PAO] (2025-02-17). "命名「びんご」‼ ひびき型音響測定艦４番艦" [Named "Bingo"! Fourth Hibiki-class acoustic measurement ship] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-02-17 – via X (formerly Twitter).[better source needed]
- 1 2 "異形の自衛艦「びんご」進水！ 音響測定が任務のレア船 どこに配備される？" [The unusually shaped Self-Defense Force ship "Bingo" is launched! A rare ship whose mission is to measure acoustics. Where will it be deployed?]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ↑ "三菱重工 | 防衛省向け音響測定艦「びんご」の命名・進水式を三菱重工マリタイムシステムズで実施" [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Naming and launching ceremony for Ministry of Defense's acoustic measurement vessel "Bingo" held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems]. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (in Japanese). 2025-02-17. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ↑ "音響測定艦「びんご」の引渡式・自衛艦旗授与式について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Ministry of Defence. Maritime Staff Office. 27 February 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.