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

[1] 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 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.

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.