The light cruiser Mikuma was one of the four Mogami-type cruisers built in the mid 1930's for the Imperial Japanese Navy. This cruiser, together with its sistership "Mogami", took part in the Battle of the Sunda Strait, as well as in the Battle of Midway in 1942. Mikuma is capable of reaching a top speed of over 35 knots (65 km/h). The armament on this premium cruiser consists of fifteen 155mm 3rd Year Type guns in five turrets, eight 127mm Type 89 guns in four turrets, four twin mounts of the 25mm Type 96 automatic guns, two twin mounts of the 13.2mm Type 93 machine guns, and also twenty four 610mm Type 93 torpedoes.