IJN Mikuma in Sukumo Bay, Shikoku, April 1939
Career
Ordered:
Laid down:	27 October 1931
Launched:	31 May 1934
Commissioned:	29 August 1935
Struck:
Fate:	Sunk by U.S. in the Battle of Midway, 6 June 1942
General Characteristics
Displacement:	13,440 tons (full load)
Length:	201.6 m (661 ft 5 in)
Beam:	22 m (66')
Draft:	5.5 m (19')
Machinery:	Four-shaft impulse single geared turbines
Power:	152,000 shp (113 MW)
Speed:	35 knots (69 km/h)
Complement:	850
Protection:	100 mm (3.9") belt,   35 mm (1.4") deck,   25 mm (1") turrets, 127 mm (5") magazines
Armament:	15 × 155 mm (6.1") (5×3) DP, 8 × 127 mm (5") DP, 4 × 40 mm (1.57") AA, 12 × 60 cm (24") TT (4 × 3), 3 × Type 1 scout aircraft
Aircraft:	3

Mikuma (三隈) was a Mogami class cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was sunk in the Battle of Midway. Image File history File links Mikuma. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_Japan. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining // 1508 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year truce and cede several territories to Venice 1513... 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... A dual purpose gun is a naval weapon mounting designed to engage both surface and air targets. ... The Mogami class were a class of four cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). ... The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) (: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun) or sometimes referred to as the Combined Fleet was the Navy of Empire of Japan (Dai Nippon Teikoku) from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japans constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Chester W. Nimitz, Frank J. Fletcher, Raymond A. Spruance Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, Tamon Yamaguchi † Strength 3 carriers, ~50 support ships, 233 carrier aircraft, 127 land-based aircraft 4 carriers, 7 battleships, ~150 support ships, 248 carrier aircraft, 16 floatplanes Casualties 1 carrier...

References

• See also Richard E. Fleming

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Books

• D'Albas, Andrieu (1965). Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II. Devin-Adair Pub. ISBN 081595302X.
• Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1941-1945. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-097-1.
• Lacroix, Eric, Linton Wells (1997). Japanese Cruisers of the Pacific War. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0870213113.

External links

• Tabular Record of Movement of IJN Mikuma

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