Japanese cruiser Mikuma
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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,[3] she was laid down in 1931 and commissioned in 1935. During World War II she participated in the Battle of Sunda Strait in February 1942 and the Battle of Midway in June 1942, and was sunk the last day of the latter engagement, on 6 June.
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Name | Mikuma |
Namesake | Mikuma River |
Ordered | 1931 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Mitsubishi |
Laid down | 24 December 1931 |
Launched | 31 May 1934 |
Commissioned | 29 August 1935 |
Stricken | 10 August 1942 |
Fate | Sunk by American aircraft during Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942 29°20′N 173°30′E |
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Class and type | Mogami-class cruiser |
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Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 850 |
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Aircraft carried | 3 x floatplanes |
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The ship was named after the Mikuma river in Oita prefecture, Japan.