JDS Mikuma (DE-217) was the third ship of the Chikugo-class destroyer escorts of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

[1] Mikuma was laid down on 17 March 1970 at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Osaka and launched on 16 February 1971.

The vessel was commissioned on 26 August 1971 into the 34th Escort Corps of the Sasebo District Force with JDS Chikugo.

She joined the 23rd Sasebo District Force Escort Corps on March 24, 1997.

Mikuma was decommissioned on 8 JUly 1997 with the total itinerary during commissioning of 501,738.1 nautical miles.