List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender explained
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 . 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.
- (sister ship of USS Missouri and lead ship of the class)
- (The ship on which the surrender was signed)
Motor minesweepers
Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947
High speed transports
Medium landing ships
- USS LSM-13
- USS LSM-15
- USS LSM-71
- USS LSM-101
- USS LSM-208
- USS LSM-252
- USS LSM-284
- USS LSM-290
- USS LSM-362
- USS LSM-368
- USS LSM-371
- USS LSM-419
- USS LSM-488 USS LSM-180 ?
Attack transports
Attack cargo ships
Oilers
Civilian oilers (British)
- USS Rescue (AH-18)
- HNLMS Tjitjalengka (Dutch)
Footnotes
- Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was at sea with the carrier force south of Japan
- Spelled Buchanon in original source
- [USS Hughes (DD-410)|USS ''Hughes'' (DD-410)]
- Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.
- Spelled Yarnell in original source
- is listed in the report, but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters.
- Ballarat is listed as K.34 in original source.
- Personal account of Hyrum Richard Willis, gunners mate LST-707
- Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay, Okinawa
- Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at (www.mattaponi.tripod.com/history.html)
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