Mikuma, a 11,169-ton light cruiser built at Nagasaki, Japan, was launched at the end of May 1934, completed in August 1935 and massively rebuilt a year later to correct serious design defects. Originally constructed as a light cruiser with fifteen six-inch guns, she was converted to a heavy cruiser with ten eight-inch guns in 1939. Mikuma played an active role in the early months of World War II in the Pacific, helping to sink USS Houston (CA-30) and the Australian light cruiser Perth in the Battle of Sunda Strait on 1 March 1942. On 6 June 1942, during the Battle of Midway, Mikuma was sunk by air attacks from the U.S. aircraft carriers Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8).
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have concerning the Japanese cruiser Mikuma.
For views of Mikuma's loss in the Battle of Midway,
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For views of Mikuma's loss in the Battle of Midway,
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Page made 16 April 1999
Coding updated 3 May 2009