These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed on board the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63). The only two US vessels present at both the Pearl Harbor attack and Tokyo Bay surrender were the USS West Virginia and the USS Detroit.

Battleships

Light aircraft carriers

Escort carriers

Heavy cruisers

Light cruisers

Destroyers

Destroyer escorts

Frigates

Sloops

Light minelayers

High speed minesweepers

Submarines

Submarine chasers

Motor gunboats

Minesweepers

Motor minesweepers

Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947

Auxiliary minelayers

Amphibious force flagships

High speed transports

Tank landing ships

Dock landing ships

Infantry landing craft

Medium landing ships

Vehicle landing ships

Attack transports

Transport

Attack cargo ships

Cargo ships

Civilian cargo ships (United States)

Stores issue ship

Repair ship

Landing craft repair ship

Oilers

Civilian oilers (British)

Gasoline tanker

Destroyer tender

Hospital ships

Seaplane tenders

Small seaplane tenders

Submarine tender

Submarine rescue ship

Fleet ocean tugs

Auxiliary ocean tug

Footnotes

  1. ^ Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was at sea with the carrier force south of Japan
  2. ^ Spelled Buchanon in original source
  3. ^ USS Hughes (DD-410) is listed in the official report as being present for the surrender, but according to the ship's deck log was crossing the international date line en route to Japan at the time. A different ship, USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428), was sweeping mines that morning. At 10:27 the ship passed Ashika Light. At 10:30 the war ended. At 10:44 the ship made preparations for entering the port and anchored at 12:21 in Tokyo Bay.
  4. ^ Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.
  5. ^ Spelled Yarnell in original source
  6. ^ USS Woodcock (ATO-145) is listed in the report, but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters.
  7. ^ Ballarat is listed as K.34 in original source.
  8. ^ Personal account of Hyrum Richard Willis, gunners mate LST-707
  9. ^ Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay, Okinawa
  10. ^ Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at (www.mattaponi.tripod.com/history.html)

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