List of Allied ships at the Japanese surrender
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Template:Short description 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 Template:USS. 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.
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Light aircraft carriers
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- USS Detroit (CL-8)
- HMNZS Gambia (48)
- HMAS Hobart (I63)
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- USS Oakland (CL-95)
- USS Pasadena (CL-65)
- USS San Diego (CL-53)
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- USS Springfield (CL-66)
- USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103)
- USS Ault (DD-698)
- HMS Barfleur (D80)
- USS Benham (DD-796)
- USS Blue (DD-744)
- USS Buchanan (DD-484)<ref>Spelled Buchanon in original source</ref>
- USS Caperton (DD-650)
- USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-428)<ref>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.</ref>
- USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668)
- USS Cogswell (DD-651)
- USS Colahan (DD-658)
- USS Cotten (DD-669)
- USS Cushing (DD-797)
- USS De Haven (DD-727)
- USS Dortch (DD-670)
- USS Frank Knox (DD-742)
- USS Gatling (DD-671)
- USS Halsey Powell (DD-686)
- USS Healy (DD-672)
- USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427)
- USS Ingersoll (DD-652)
- USS Kalk (DD-611)
- USS Knapp (DD-653)
- USS Lansdowne (DD-486)<ref>Lansdowne was listed as DD-468 in original source. USS Taylor (DD-468) was also present.</ref>
- USS Lardner (DD-487)
- USS Madison (DD-425)
- USS Mayo (DD-422)
- HMAS Napier (G97)
- HMAS Nizam (G38)
- USS Nicholas (DD-449)
- USS Perkins (DD-877)
- HMS Quality (G62)
- USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781)
- USS Southerland (DD-743)
- USS Stockham (DD-683)
- HMS Tartar (F43)
- USS Taylor (DD-468)
- HMS Teazer (R23)
- HMS Tenacious (R45)
- HMS Terpsichore (R33)
- USS Twining (DD-540)
- USS Uhlmann (DD-687)
- USS Wadleigh (DD-689)
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- USS Goss (DE-444)
- USS Kendall C. Campbell (DE-443)
- USS Lyman (DE-302)
- USS Major (DE-796)
- USS Roberts (DE-749)
- USS Ulvert M. Moore (DE-442)
- USS Waterman (DE-740)
- USS Weaver (DE-741)
- USS William Seiverling (DE-441)
- USS Charles Lawrence (DE-53)
- USS John L Williamson (DE-370)
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- Template:HMS<ref>Template:USS is listed in the report, but that ship spent World War II in Central and South American waters.</ref>
Light minelayers
High speed minesweepers
- USS Ellyson (DMS-19)
- USS Fitch (DMS-25)
- USS Gherardi (DMS-30)
- USS Hambleton (DMS-20)
- USS Hopkins (DMS-13)
- USS Jeffers (DMS-27)
- USS Macomb (DMS-23)
- USS Archerfish (SS-311)
- USS Cavalla (SS-244)
- USS Gato (SS-212)
- USS Haddo (SS-255)
- USS Hake (SS-256)
- USS Muskallunge (SS-262)
- USS Pilotfish (SS-386)
- USS Razorback (SS-394)
- USS Runner (SS-476)
- USS Sea Cat (SS-399)
- USS Segundo (SS-398)
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Motor gunboats
- HMAS Ballarat (J184)<ref>Ballarat is listed as K.34 in original source.</ref>
- HMAS Cessnock (J175)
- HMAS Ipswich (J186)
- USS Pheasant (AM-61)
- HMAS Pirie (J189)
- USS Pochard (AM-375)
- USS Revenge (AM-110)
- USS Token (AM-126)
- USS Tumult (AM-127)
Motor minesweepers
Numbered ships named and reclassified in 1947
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Auxiliary minelayers
Amphibious force flagships
High speed transports
- USS Barr (APD-39)
- USS Begor (APD 127)
- USS Burke (APD-65)
- USS Gosselin (APD-126)
- USS Hollis (APD-86)
- USS Horace A. Bass (APD-124)
- USS John Q. Roberts (APD-94)
- USS Pavlic (APD-70)
- USS Reeves (APD-52)
- USS Runels (APD-85)
- USS Sims (APD-50)
- USS Wantuck (APD-125)
- USS William J. Pattison (APD-104)
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Infantry landing craft
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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
- USS Bosque (APA-135)
- USS Botetourt (APA-136)
- USS Briscoe (APA-65)
- USS Cecil (APA-96)
- USS Clearfield (APA-142)
- USS Cullman (APA-78)
- USS Darke (APA-159)
- USS Dauphin (APA-97)
- USS Deuel (APA-160)
- USS Dickens (APA-161)
- USS Hansford (APA-106)
- USS Highlands (APA-119)
- USS Lavaca (APA-180)
- USS Lenawee (APA-195)
- USS Mellette (APA-156)
- USS Missoula (APA-211)
- USS Rutland (APA-192)
- USS St. Mary's (APA-126)
- USS Sherburne (APA-205)
- USS Sheridan (APA-51)
- USS Talladega (APA-208)
Transport
Attack cargo ships
- USS Libra (AKA-12)
- USS Medea (AKA-31)
- USS Pamina (AKA-34)
- USS Sirona (AKA-43)
- USS Skagit (AKA-105)
- USS Todd (AKA-71)
- USS Tolland (AKA-64)
- USS Waukesha (AKA-84) USS ''Waukesha'' (AKA-84)
- USS Whiteside (AKA-90)
- USS Yancey (AKA-93)
Cargo ships
Civilian cargo ships (United States)
Stores issue ship
Repair ship
Landing craft repair ship
Oilers
- USS Chiwawa (AO-68)<ref>Listed in original source as present but ship's War Diary says she was in Buckner Bay, Okinawa</ref>
- USS Mascoma (AO-83)
- USS Neches (AO-47)
- USS Niobrara (AO-72)
- USS Tamalpais (AO-96)
- USS Mattaponi (AO-41)<ref>Listed in the History of The USS Mattaponi published at (www.mattaponi.tripod.com/history.html)</ref>
Civilian oilers (British)
- Carelia
- City of Dieppe
- Dingledale
- Fort Wrangell
- Wave King
Destroyer tender
- USS Rescue (AH-18)
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- USAHS Marigold (U.S. Army)
- HNLMS Tjitjalengka (Dutch)
Small seaplane tenders
Submarine rescue ship
Fleet ocean tugs
Auxiliary ocean tug
Footnotes
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