JS Bingo

Bingo on her launching day
History
Japan
NameBingo
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems, Tamano
CostApprox. 19.6 billion yen
Laid down19 March 2024
Launched17 February 2025
Commissioned6 March 2026
IdentificationHull number: AOS-5204
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeHibiki-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement
  • Standard: 2,900 t (2,900 long tons)
  • Full load: 3,800 t (3,700 long tons)
Length67.0 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam29.9 m (98 ft 1 in)
Draft7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Depth15.3 m (50 ft 2 in)
Installed power3,000 hp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion
Speed11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
CrewAbout 40
Sensors &
processing systems		AN/UQQ-2 sonar
Aviation facilitiesHelipad

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. 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.

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. The ship was commissioned on 6 March 2026.

References

  1. 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]
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.