Chikuma

Chikuma (筑摩) was the second and last vessel in the Tone class of heavy cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture. Entering service in 1939, Chikuma saw battle during World War II in the Pacific, hunting small allied ships in the Indian Ocean and serving in many escorting missions throughout many large-scale aircraft carrier battles between Japan and the United States. On 25 October 1944, she served in the Battle off Samar where she possibly sank the escort carrier USS Gambier Bay and damaged the destroyer USS Heermann, before being crippled by gunfire from the destroyer escort USS Samuel B. Roberts and sunk by air attacks.

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length 201.6 metre, speed 35.2 knot, beam 19.4 metre, draft 6.48 metre,
Tone-class cruiser, shipwreck, heavy cruiser, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Imperial Japanese Navy,

Combined Fleet page^@

Location: 11.4167, 126.6, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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Chōkai ⓘ
1931 Takao-class cruiser

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1938-03-19T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1935-10-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1939-05-20T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1944-10-25T00:00:00Z

1944 Battle off Samar

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Frameless

IJN heavy cruiser Chikuma

Japanese cruiser Chikuma under air attack during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (NH 82404)

Japanese cruiser Chikuma under air attack during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30614)

The launching of the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma

Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (03) wmplayer 2013-07-17

Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (05) wmplayer 2013-07-17

Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (04) wmplayer 2013-07-17

Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (01) wmplayer 2013-07-17

Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (02) wmplayer 2013-07-17

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1944	Battle off Samar	battle	Wikidata
link	page		Combined Fleet page^@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		Chōkai	Takao-class cruiser, heavy cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		Chikuma	Tone-class cruiser, shipwreck, heavy cruiser	Wikidata
commons	image		IJN heavy cruiser Chikuma		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma under air attack during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (NH 82404)		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma under air attack during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, 26 October 1942 (80-G-30614)		Commons
commons	image		The launching of the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma		Commons
commons	image		The launching of the Japanese heavy cruiser Chikuma		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (03) wmplayer 2013-07-17		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (05) wmplayer 2013-07-17		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (04) wmplayer 2013-07-17		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (01) wmplayer 2013-07-17		Commons
commons	image		Japanese cruiser Chikuma 1940 (02) wmplayer 2013-07-17		Commons

Chikuma

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