JS Bingo

Bingo is a surveillance ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the fourth ship of the. 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 is scheduled to be commissioned in around March 2026.