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When Chitose entered service, the Second Sino-Japanese War had been raging for a year. Operating her original complement of Kawanishi E7K (Allied reporting name "Alf") and Nakajima E8N (Allied reporting name "Dave") floatplanes, she supported Operation Z, the surprise unopposed landing of the Imperial Japanese Army′s 21st Army at Bias Bay on the coast of China 35 miles (56 km) northeast of ...
Three warships of Japan have borne the name Chitose: Japanese cruiser Chitose , a Kasagi -class cruiser launched in 1898 and expended as a target in 1931 Japanese aircraft carrier Chitose , a Chitose -class aircraft carrier originally launched in 1936 as a seaplane carrier , converted into a light aircraft carrier in 1943, and sunk in 1944
From 1 April-16 November 1907, Chitose made a round-the-world voyage together with the armoured cruiser Tsukuba, first stopping in the United States to attend the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, the 300th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Jamestown Colony, and continuing onwards to Europe. She underwent an extensive overhaul in 1910 ...
This force included Zuikaku, Zuihō, Chitose and Chiyoda, and the hybrid battleship-carriers Hyūga and Ise, though the six carriers were divested of all but 108 aircraft, accompanied by cruisers Oyodo, Tama, Isuzu. Ozawa's ostensible carrier group was facing a force that included ten United States Navy carriers containing 600–1,000 aircraft. [4]
Chitose-class aircraft carrier under attack, 25 October 1944. Chitose and Chiyoda were sunk at the Battle off Cape Engaño, which occurred during the Imperial Japanese Navy's "Sho-Go" operation that produced the Battle of Leyte Gulf. In charge of the operation was Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa, commander of the operation's northern force.
Chitō-ryū (千唐流) is a style of karate founded by Dr. Tsuyoshi Chitose (千歳 强直, Chitose Tsuyoshi), (1898-1984). The name of the style translates as: chi (千) - 1,000; tō (唐) - China; ryū (流) - style, school, "1,000 year old Chinese style." The character tō (唐) refers to the Tang dynasty of China. The style was officially ...
Saku Chitose (千歳 朔, Chitose Saku) Voiced by: Junpei Baba (drama CD, audiobooks), Shogo Sakata (anime) [2] He is the most popular boy in school and is the leader of Team Chitose. He used to play baseball. Kenta Yamazaki (山崎 健太, Yamazaki Kenta) Voiced by: Kōki Miyata (drama CD, audiobooks) A student who stopped going to school.
New Chitose Airport (新千歳空港, Shin-Chitose Kūkō) (IATA: CTS, ICAO: RJCC) is an international airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) south-southeast of Chitose [3] and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By both traffic and land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.