JS Hibiki

JS Hibiki (AOS-5201) is a Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Hibiki.
JS Hibiki
History
Japan
Name:
  • Hibiki
  • (ひびき)
Namesake: Hibiki
Ordered: 1989
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down: 28 November 1989
Launched: 27 July 1990
Commissioned: 30 January 1991
Homeport: Kure
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship
Displacement: 2,850–3,800 long tons (2,896–3,861 t) full load
Length: 67.0 m (219.8 ft)
Beam: 29.9 m (98 ft)
Draft: 7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Complement: 40
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • OPS-16
  • OPS-9
  • Sonar AN / UQQ-2
Aviation facilities: Helipad

Development and design

Hibiki-class vessels have a beam of 30 metres (98 ft 5 in), a top speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph), and a standard range of 3,800 nautical miles (7,000 km; 4,400 mi).[1] Each vessel has a crew of 40, including five American civilian technicians, and a flight deck for helicopters to operate off of.[2][3] They are able to deploy on station for 90 days.[3]

The vessels have an AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), which is installed in the United States.[4][3] Data from the sensors is relayed through the Defense Satellite Communications System, and processed and shared with the United States.[3] The data is fed into the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System.[5]

Propulsion is provided by four Mitsubishi S6U-MPTK diesel electric engines.[6]

Construction and career

Hibiki was laid down on 28 November 1989 at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano and launched on 27 July 1990. She's commissioned on 30 January 1991. Currently, her homeport is in Kure.

After deployment, from 9 March 1991, the same year, it was circulated to Oakland, California, USA for proficiency training after service, and after learning the SURTASS system, it was equipped with a sonar array in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and after the equipment certification test was completed, she returned to Japan on October 17, the same year.

Full-scale operation started in April 1992, and the actual operation was where the anti-submarine information analysis center on land began.

On December 1, 2015, the Oceanographic Command Group was reorganized into the Oceanographic Command and Anti-submarine Support Group, and was incorporated into the 1st Acoustic Measurement Corps, which was newly formed under the same group.

On November 1, 2017, the crew system was introduced to the 1st Acoustic Measurement Corps for the first time as a JMSDF ship, and from now on, the crew will not be fixed, and 3 crews will operate two ships alternately.[7]

References
  1. Jane, Frederick Thomas (2010). Jane's Fighting Ships. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-7106-2920-3.
  2. Dominguez, Gabriel (3 February 2020). "Japan launches third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship". Jane's Information Group.
  3. Graham, Euan (16 November 2005). Japan's Sea Lane Security: A Matter of Life and Death?. Routledge. p. 404. ISBN 978-1-134-25091-2.
  4. "AOS Hibiki Class". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 15 February 2017.
  5. War is Boring (4 July 2014). "Japan's Ears on the Sea". Medium. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017.
  6. "AOS Hibiki Class". GlobalSecurity.org. Archived from the original on 5 September 2009.
  7. Introducing a crew system to the 1st Acoustic Measurement Team. Asagumo Shinbun. 7 December 2017. p. 1.
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