Keywords: Japanese cruiser Mikuma burning with DD 1942.jpg The Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma afire and dead in the water on 6 June 1942 as seen from a U S Navy Douglas SBD-3 dive bomber probably from USS Hornet CV-8 during the day's third attack by planes from Hornet and USS Enterprise CV-6 A destroyer either Asashio or Arashio is nearby attempting to remove Mikuma´s crew <br> The photo was taken from the gunner's seat looking aft with the barrel of a 30 caliber machine gun in the right foreground and the plane's vertical tail at the extreme right original caption Official U S Navy photograph http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/wars-and-events/world-war-ii/midway/80-G-17055 html 80-G-17055 now in the collections of the National Archives 1942-06-06 USN cpation bar removed cleaned PD-USGov-Military-Navy Mikuma ship 1935 Battle of Midway Japanese forces Burning ships |