JDS Chitose

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Chitose.

JDS Chitose
History
Japan
Name	Chitose (ちとせ)
Namesake	Chitose (1936)
Ordered	1970
Builder	Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down	7 October 1970
Launched	25 January 1973
Commissioned	31 August 1973
Decommissioned	13 April 1999
Homeport	Ominato (1973-1982) Yokosuka (1982-1999)
Identification	Pennant number: DE-220
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Chikugo-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,700–1,800 long tons (1,727–1,829 t) full load
Length	93.0 m (305 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Depth	7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	CODAD propulsion system 2 × shafts, 4 × diesel engines (16,000 hp, 12,000 kW)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	165
Sensors and processing systems	TDS-1 Target Designation System OPS-14 2D air search radar OPS-17 surface search radar FCS-1B gun FCS OQS-3A bow sonar SQS-35(J) VDS SFCS-4 Underwater Battery FCS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLR-5 ESM
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 2 × 40 mm AA guns 1 × ASROC ASW missile launcher 2 × triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes

JDS Chitose (DE-220) was the sixth ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Development and design

The Chikugo class was designed as the modified variant of the Isuzu class, the preceding destroyer escort class. The main anti-submarine (ASW) weapon was changed from the M/50 375 mm (14.8 in) ASW rocket launcher to the ASROC anti-submarine missile. The octuple launcher for ASROC was stationed at the mid-deck, and the entire ship design was prescribed by this stationing.^[1]

Construction and career

Chitose was laid down on 7 October 1970 at Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru and launched on 25 January 1973. The vessel was commissioned on 31 August 1973 into the 35th Escort Corps of the Ominato District Force.

On March 27, 1982, the 37th Escort Corps was newly formed under the control of the Yokosuka District Force and incorporated with JDS Ayase, and the home port was transferred to Yokosuka.

Engaged in disaster dispatch activities due to the Miyakejima eruption in October 1983.

Engaged in disaster relief activities due to the eruption of Mt. Mihara, Izu Oshima in November 1986.

Participated in the 57th Shimoda Kurofune Festival held on May 16, 1996, with USS Curts. 

Transferred to the 33rd Escort Corps of the Yokosuka District Force on August 1, 1996.

On February 4, 1997, she was involved in the search for a ship in distress off the coast of Inubōsaki, Chiba Prefecture, along with JS Amagiri.

Removed from the register on April 13, 1999. During his 25 years and 7 months commissioning, she participated in surveillance missions 32 times, Guam-Philippines maritime training 6 times, and the Self-Defense Forces observing ceremony 4 times. The total itinerary was about 532,700 nautical miles, about 25 laps of the Earth, and about one and a half round trips when converted to the distance to the Moon.^[2]

Gallery

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  JDS Chitose, date unknown.

References

1. Abe, Yasuo (May 2003). "Looking back on Chikugo class escort vessels". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (610). Kaijinn-sha: 92–97.
2. "Glorious ship history closed, ship flag returned". Maritime Self-Defense Force Newspaper. 14 May 1999. p. 2.