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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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convoy. Flanking the bay to the north were the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma, accompanied by the destroyer Shikinami. Slightly further north, though...
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to as Mikuma Castle (三熊城). Sumoto Castle located on the southeast coast of Awaji Island on a long and narrow ridge of the 130-meter Mount Mikuma. Awaji...
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fleeing Japanese fleet on 6 June and assisted in sinking the heavy cruiser Mikuma, damaging a destroyer, and leaving the heavy cruiser Mogami heavily damaged...
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American Douglas SBD Dauntless dive-bomber aircraft attacking the Japanese cruiser Mikuma during the Battle of Midway in June 1942...
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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...
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(Nishiki River) Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture (Hiji River) Hita, Ōita Prefecture (Mikuma River) Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture (Chikugo River) Japanese cormorants are...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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633 tonnes Variation of the Myōkō class Mogami-class Heavy cruiser Mogami Mikuma Suzuya Kumano 8,500 tonnes Suzuya and Kumano were considered to be a sub-class...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Haguro (flagship) CA Myōkō CA Nachi 7th Division CA Kumano (flagship) CA Mikuma CA Mogami CA Suzuya 8th Division CA Tone (flagship) CA Chikuma Other AD...
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Indian Ocean raids, Amagiri — together with the heavy cruisers Mogami and Mikuma sank the British passenger ship Dardanus, Steamship Gandara and Merchant...
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July 1935 25 October 1944; Scuttled after Battle of the Surigao Strait Mikuma Mitsubishi, Nagasaki Mogami-class heavy cruiser 13,440 29 August 1935 6...
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the destroyers were no longer in the line of fire of the heavy cruisers Mikuma and her sister Mogami which targeted Perth with six torpedoes each at a...
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candidate against the demolition of Hokkaido Centennial Memorial Tower. Mikuma, business investor who announced his candidacy at a press conference on...
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JS Noshiro 15 Jul 2020 22 Jun 2021 15 Dec 2022 MHI (Nagasaki) FFM-4 JS Mikuma 15 Jul 2020 10 Dec 2021 7 Mar 2023 MHI (Nagasaki) FFM-5 JS Yahagi [ja] 24...
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more dead were officially "His Majesty's Ship"). 655 Civilian 1942 Japan Mikuma – Heavy cruiser, sunk on 5 June in the Battle of Midway, with the loss of...
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