The third Hibiki-class ship, JS Aki, joined the JMSDF fleet in 2021, following its naming ceremony and launch by Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in 2020. The Aki, bearing the pennant number AOS ...

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (E&S) has launched the third Hibiki-class ocean surveillance ship on order for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Named Aki (with pennant number AOS ...

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.