Mikuma (三隈, Mikuma) was a heavy cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The second vessel in the four-ship Mogami class, she was laid down in 1931 and commissioned...

of Japan have been named Mikuma: Japanese cruiser Mikuma, a Mogami-class cruiser launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942 JDS Mikuma, a Chikugo-class destroyer...

JS Mikuma (FFM-4) is the fourth ship of the Mogami-class frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was named after the Mikuma River...

part in the Battle of Midway, where Mogami and Mikuma collided trying to avoid a submarine attack; Mikuma was finished off on 6 June 1942 by aircraft from...

line, Mikuma, erroneously made a 90° turn. Behind her, Mogami turned 45° as commanded. This resulted in a collision in which Mogami rammed Mikuma's portside...

Vought SB2U Vindicator dive bomber in an attack on the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. Richard Fleming was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on November 2, 1917...

attacked Pearl Harbor six months earlier—were sunk, as was the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The U.S. lost the carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann, while the...

and Saga Prefectures. Many rivers that run through Hita join up to the Mikuma River, and later the Chikugo River. These rivers were used to distribute...

convoy. Flanking the bay to the north were the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma, accompanied by the destroyer Shikinami. Slightly further north, though...

JDS Mikuma (DE-217) was the third ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Chikugo class was designed as the...