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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

bombers in a mission that helped sink the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. Kleiss's bombs struck near Mikuma’s smokestack. Kleiss was the only pilot to score three...

(Nishiki River) Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture (Hiji River) Hita, Ōita Prefecture (Mikuma River) Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture (Chikugo River) Japanese cormorants are...

American Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber aircraft attacking the Japanese cruiser Mikuma during the Battle of Midway in June 1942...

the cruiser Jintsu. He subsequently served as captain of Naka, Tenryū, Mikuma, Myōkō, and Hiei in the 1930s. Abe was promoted to rear admiral on November...

but the third vessel in line, Mikuma, made a 90-degree turn by mistake. The error resulted in a collision in which Mikuma was rammed by Mogami. Kumano...

naval guns in twin turrets. However, in initial trials in 1935, Mogami and Mikuma were plagued with technical problems due to their untested equipment, welding...

burning. The following day Enterprise dive bombers alone sank the cruiser Mikuma. While Yorktown and Hammann were the only American ships sunk, TF 16 and...

cruisers of the Midway bombardment group of four, heavily damaging them, with Mikuma eventually sinking. At the Battle of Midway, Marine Corps SBDs were not...

Crown, Kaga, Sōryū 5 Jun: Akagi, C.O. Stillman, Hiryū 6 Jun: USS Hammann, Mikuma 7 Jun: Coast Trader, Edith, USS Gannet, USS Yorktown 8 Jun: Agios Georgios...

Fleming piloted a SB2U-3 Vindicator in an attack on the Japanese cruiser Mikuma on 5 June 1942, for which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor...