HIBIKI (AOS-5201) class

 2 HIBIKI-class OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SHIPS (AGOS)

 Name       Pendant    Launched         Commissioned      Status
 HIBIKI     AOS-5201   July 27, 1990    Jan. 30, 1991     Active
 HARIMA     AOS-5202   Sept. 11, 1991   March 10, 1992    Active

This Japanese-designed class of small waterplane, twin-hull (SWATH ) ocean surveillance ships resembles the U.S. Navy's VICTORIOUS class (TAGOS-19). A total of five ships of this class were planned, but only two were built. They stream...