Japanese cruiser Mikuma

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Japanese cruiser Mikuma was an Imperial Japanese Navy heavy cruiser of the Mogami class that saw action in the early Pacific campaigns of World War II before being sunk in 1942.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese Navy ship
heavy cruiser
warship
affiliation Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
surface form: Japanese Combined Fleet
armament 15.5 cm guns (original main battery)
20.3 cm guns (later main battery)
anti-aircraft guns
torpedo tubes
attackedBy United States Navy carrier aircraft
battle Battle of Midway
builder Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard
surface form: Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
causeOfDestruction air attack
class Mogami-class cruiser
commissioned 29 August 1935
conflict Pacific War
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
dateOfSinking 6 June 1942
displacement approximately 13,400 tons standard
approximately 15,000+ tons full load
era World War II
fate sunk
hullNumber Mikuma
laidDown 24 December 1931
launched 31 May 1934
length approximately 200 meters
maximumSpeed approximately 35 knots
namedAfter Mikuma River NERFINISHED
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy
notableEvent damaged in collision with sister ship Mogami before sinking
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Operation Z (Pearl Harbor attack plan)
surface form: Attack on Pearl Harbor operations area (cover forces)

Battle of Midway
Indian Ocean operations
Battle of Malaya
surface form: Invasion of Malaya

Dutch East Indies campaign
surface form: Invasion of the Dutch East Indies
placeOfConstruction Nagasaki
surface form: Nagasaki, Japan
placeOfSinking near Midway Atoll
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
serviceEnd 1942
serviceEntry 1935
shipType cruiser
heavy cruiser
sisterShip Japanese cruiser Kumano
Japanese cruiser Mogami
Japanese cruiser Suzuya
sunkIn Battle of Midway
theaterOfWar Pacific Ocean

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Mogami class hasMember Japanese cruiser Mikuma
Battle of the Sunda Strait shipDamaged Japanese cruiser Mikuma
Mogami-class cruiser ship Japanese cruiser Mikuma