title: Japanese ship Chikuma
text: # Japanese ship Chikuma
  
  At least three warships of Japan have borne the name Chikuma after the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture:
  
  * Japanese cruiser Chikuma (1911), a Chikuma-class protected cruiser that was commissioned in 1912 and sunk as a target in 1935.
  * Japanese cruiser Chikuma (1938), a Tone-class heavy cruiser that was commissioned in 1939 and scuttled in 1944 after the Battle off Samar.
  * JS Chikuma, an Abukuma-class destroyer escort launched in 1992
  