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]
History
Under 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 is scheduled to be commissioned in around March 2026.[2]
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b 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 Twitter.[better source needed]
- ^ a b "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.