Japan commissions third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship
04 March 2021
by Kosuke Takahashi
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship in a ceremony held on 4 March in the Japanese city of Tamano, southern Okayama Prefecture.
The JMSDF commissioned
Aki
, its third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship, in a ceremony held on 4 March in Tamano City, southern Okayama Prefecture.
(JMSDF)
Named
Aki
(with pennant number AOS 5203), the small waterplane area twin hull (SWATH) vessel was inducted into the service’s Ocean Surveillance Division 1 at the Kure naval base in Hiroshima Prefecture shortly after being handed over by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (E&S), a JMSDF spokesperson told