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
- USS LCI(L)-438
- USS LCI(L)-441
- USS LCI(L)-450
- USS LCI(L)-457
- USS LCI(L)-458
- USS LCI(L)-469
- USS LCI(L)-726
- USS LCI(L)-752
- USS LCI(L)-798
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 ?
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
- ^ 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) 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.
- ^ Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.
- ^ Spelled Yarnell in original source
- ^ USS Woodcock (ATO-145) 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)
References
- Source: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC/CINCPOA) A16-3/FF12 Serial 0395, 11 February 1946: "Report of Surrender and Occupation of Japan."
- U.S. Naval Historical Center - Allied Ships Present in Tokyo Bay During the Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945